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The United States Bill of Rights 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 ...
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Equal Rights Amendment: Would ensure the equality of rights by the federal or state governments based on sex. Proposed March 22, 1972. Initial ratification period ended March 22, 1979; purported [26] extension period ended June 30, 1982; amendment failed. [a] District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment
Draft of the United States Bill of Rights, also from 1789. A bill of rights, sometimes called a declaration of rights or a charter of rights, is a list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country. The purpose is to protect those rights against infringement from public officials and private citizens. [1]
Mental health experts checked the “naughty or nice” list in a 2019 video campaign titled “A Mental Health Message From Santa Claus" by the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
Titles II through VII comprise the Indian Civil Rights Act, which applies to the Native American tribes of the United States and makes many but not all of the guarantees of the U.S. Bill of Rights applicable within the tribes. [10] (that Act appears today in Title 25, sections 1301 to 1303 of the United States Code).
On January 20, Donald Trump signed his first official documents as president, and observers have since taken the opportunity to scrutinize his signature.