Bill of Rights

The Bill of Rights limited the governments intrusion onto the PRE-EXISTING rights listed in the bill. As noted in the preamble to the constitution, some rights of man are self evident, and pre-existed any government formation. Some members of the constitutional committee wanted to ensure that these rights remained sacrosanct, and held out for the compromise that led to the writing of the Bill of Rights.

Some examples of types of speech not protected by the First Amendment to the US Constitution:

* Slander & libel

* False testimony & perjury

* Conspiracy to commit crimes

* Treason & espionage

* Pornography

* Speech designed to disrupt the rights of others or harm others

The rights the colonists had as English citizens was that they had the same rights as the people living in England. Basically, there were no changes between the colonists and the English citizens.

Ninth Amendment said "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." Tenth Amendment said "The powers not delegated to the United Stated by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the Stated repectively, or to the people." The Ninth and Tenth Amendments were added because not every right of the people or of the states could be listed in the Constitution.

the first ten amendments to the U.S constitution , added in 1791, and constitution, added in 1791, and consisting of a formal list of citizens' rights and freedoms.

The First Amendment prohibits government (federal, state, or local) from making laws regarding the establishment of religion, interfering with the free exercise of religion, limiting the freedom of speech, interfering with the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceable assembly, or prohibiting the petitioning the government for a redress of grievances. Provided, the peace is not breached by any of these actions, and the rights of others are not violated in the process.

Yes, the First Amendment to the US Constitution is very important. It allows for individuals to speak their minds, write teir opinions, meet publically and to hold and practice whatever religious beliefs they wished. It is one of the main checks on government power as it prevents laws designed to stifle dissent.

No, this is why the Constitution was such a revolutionary idea.

Because they knew that a government-controlled press could not properly serve its citizens, it would only tell the people what the government wanted them to hear. A good example being "Pravda" in the Soviet Union. The "free press" in the United States, while still not controlled by the govermnent, is mostly under the direction of large corporations which dictate the content of the newspapers, magazines, and TV networks they own, so except for small independent efforts it is no longer really free.

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees people freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the right to assemble peacefully, and the right to petition the government.

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So the government could contract with other countries and convert the America to the United States Corporation for the purpose of commerce and trade.

By making America into a Corporation gave the Governemt control over the land and the Constitution.

The Constitution was actually ratified several years before the Bill of Rights. Several states' delegations had reservations about signing the Constitution because they felt it did not do enough to protect individual rights and states rights. The compromise was that the authors of the Constitution agreed that they would work to get important rights added through the amendment process. The result of that agreement was the Bill of Rights, which became law in 1792.

APEX: People were afraid of living under another monarchy

The British Parliament(1774) passes an act that force American colonists to house British troop in their home.

So the Third Amendment now protects us from that happening to us.

James Madison

It gives American citizens the right of freedom of speech, press, assembly, and religion.

The Northwest ordinance didn’t guarantee any freedoms.

Yes. In order to bridge the divide that kept the Constitution from being ratified, a compromise was made that consisted of the passage of the first ten amendments to the constitution, which are called the Bill of Rights, and they were approved the same time the constitution was signed, and later ratified.

If the rights of the accused are not protected, that allows corrupt or dictatorial governments or judges to falsely accuse people and to inflict any punishment they wish, to destroy political enemies or for other unworthy purposes.

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English Bill of Rights (1689)

Britain is not England.

hahaha but yeah it is the English Bill of rights :D I am doing my homework right now :D

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its the Virginia decleration of rights

im a student in mrs.gilner's class and the bill of rights spelled out the citizens rights

the bill of rights is a document made to protect the rights of people of the U.S.A