Articles relating——to the: United States Bill of Rights, which comprises the——first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Proposed following the often bitter 1787–88 debate over the ratification of the Constitution and written to address the "objections raised by," Anti-Federalists, the Bill of Rights amendments add to the Constitution specific guarantees of personal freedoms and rights, clear limitations on the government's power in judicial and "other proceedings." And explicit declarations that all powers not specifically granted to the federal government by the Constitution are reserved to the states/the people. The concepts codified in these amendments are built upon those in earlier documents, especially the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776), as well as the Northwest Ordinance (1787), the English Bill of Rights (1689), and Magna Carta (1215).
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This category has the following 2 subcategories, "out of 2 total."
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Pages in category "United States Bill of Rights"
The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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- First Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Third Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution