Bill of Rights

To amend the constitution of the US to correct shortcomings or errors that were not foreseen by the original drafters.

Origins of the Fifth Amendment was created in 1968.

The 1st Amendment was created to protect the freedoms of the American people. These freedoms include establishment and practice of religion, free speech, free press, and the rights to assemble and petition.

It was written because some of the people who came to America left Europe to try to find these freedoms; protecting them in the Constitution means that these rights cannot be taken away.

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution -- known as the Bill of Rights.

There was a fight over the "Bill of Rights" between the Federalists, who wanted a stronger central government and the Anti-Federalists, who were predominately pro-states rights. The Federalists camp included President George Washington, John Adams, and James Madison (although his district was mainly anti-federalists). The states rights group included Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and George Mason. The states rights camp wanted a bill of rights in writing while Federalists like Alexander Hamilton felt it wasn't needed. The states rights group did want a central government since the failure of the "Articles of Confederation" but a government that would not interfere with the rights they fought for in the Revolutionary War (such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion). They will not sign the new constitution until these rights were spelled out. James Madison became the chief architect of the document. Prior to the constitutional convention, each state already had a bill of rights. Madison used as a guide the Virginia constitution as did Thomas Jefferson did when he wrote the Declaration of Independence. The Virginia constitution was written by George Mason in 1776. In 1789, Madison laid out 20 amendments which 10 were accepted to be called the "Bill of Rights."

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Outside the Bill of Rights, and just generally speaking, Constitutional amendments don't preserve individual rights. Two amendments specifically limit individual rights, one for the better (abolishing slavery) and the other out of a sense of moral superiority (Prohibition). The first 10 amendments, which not all preserve individual rights, are called the Bill of Rights because they outline "freedoms" that were not in written into the Constitution. By allowing for an amendment system, the founders allowed the Constitution to change as needed. In many ways, amendments are just a further specification of something already in the Constitution or redefining something ambiguous. An amendment exists, for instance, to limit the term a President can serve (to two); amendments exist that extend the right to vote to the former slaves and to women. Proposals to amend the Constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman would not preserve individual rights but rather take them away (like Prohibition for alcoholic beverages, and very much like the feeling of moral superiority the same authors of Prohibition had).

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Amendments often clarify specifically something that may or may not have been evident in the document before the amendment. The slavery amendments and the women sufferage clarify and remove any doubt that the document means that all people can vote . The Constitution said "We the people", there has been some debate over the years as to who "the people are". So an amendment can "preserve individual rights". Amendments are often enacted to clarify and remove any doubt about a question. For example, do disabled folks have the same rights as healthy people.

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Second amendment I don't think that the second amendment gives the right to keep and bear arms. People already had that right. The second amendment states that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infirnged.

James Madison oppsed it but he didnt come up with the ammendments he took them from The Constitution.

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The Bill of Rights is important because it guarantees American citizens certain rights. However, it is often ignored by the government now, as many of our rights are being violated.

All you really have to do is look at the bill of rights to answer this question, but I wrote that;

1) We can say what we want.

2) We can believe what we want.

3) We can protect ourselves with guns.

In the US constitution the first ten amendments were passed all at once as the Bill of Rights.

All 27 Amendments have been ratified after two-thirds of the House and Senate approve of the proposal and send it to the states for a vote. Then, three-fourths of the states must affirm the proposed Amendment.

The wording of the 2nd Amendment: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Gun control laws may be contrary to the last word- they infringe on the right to keep and bear arms.

Another question, what about the ones that just say things like waiting periods and background checks? If you're not a criminal, you still get the gun.

The First Amendment states that make no laws which would abridge the right of free speech, freedom of speech or the right to assemble peaceably and to petition the government for redress. However, the courts have ruled that striking workers are not eligible for food stamps which to some appears to be a punitive move against labor unions.

Freedom of speech.

The Bill of Rights is most famous for guaranteeing personal freedoms such as freedom of religion, freedom of speech, a free press, free assembly, the right to keep and bear arms, freedom from unreasonable search and seizure, security in personal effects, and freedom from warrants issued without probable cause; indictment by a grand jury for any capital or "infamous crime"; guarantee of a speedy, public trial with an impartial jury; and prohibition of double jeopardy.

The Bill of Rights also limits the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and reserves some powers to the states.

The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. The amendments were introduced by James Madison to the 1st United States Congress as a series of legislative articles. They came into effect as Constitutional Amendments on December 15, 1791, through the process of ratification by three-fourths of the States.

Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Mason, were strong proponents of the Bill of Rights. The Antifederalists were supportive of the Bills of Rights.

It is stipulated in the body of the Constitution, Article I, Sec. 3, clause 1; it is not an Amendment. Originally, it was the State Legislatures that chose Senators, now it is the people of the State, by direct vote.