When Americans today think of the Constitution, many of us think of certain cherished freedoms we hold dear: freedom of ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified by Virginia, allowing the passage of the first ten amendments to the Constitution.

The most popular of these proposed amendments, which became the Bill of Rights in 1791, was a protection of state power. The new Tenth Amendment stated: “The powers not delegated to the United ...

Letter to the Editor from Judith Niewiadomski Sunday December 15th was Bill of Rights Day! Did you see any mention of it in ...

University of Michigan. The right to free speech is one of the most fundamental American guarantees, ratified as part of the Bill of Rights in 1791. Yet defining the limits of free speech has ...

Our bill of rights was ratified on December 15, 1791. It has withstood cries of “tyranny” and “states rights” leading to out and out civil war. It has withstood the ending of slavery ...

Note: The following text is a transcription of the first ten amendments to the Constitution in their original form. These amendments were ratified December 15, 1791, and form what is known as the ...