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  2. Bill of Rights | U.S. Constitution - LII / Legal Information...

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    Bill of Rights. First Amendment [Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition (1791)] (see explanation) Second Amendment [Right to Bear Arms (1791)] (see explanation) Third Amendment [Quartering of Troops (1791)] (see explanation) Fourth Amendment [Search and Seizure (1791)] (see explanation)

  3. The Bill of Rights (Amendments 1 - 10) – National Center for ...

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    Amendment 1. - Freedom of Religion, Speech, and the Press. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Amendment 2.

  4. The Bill of Rights: What Does it Say? | National Archives

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    The Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. It spells out Americans’ rights in relation to their government. It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual—like freedom of speech, press, and religion. It sets rules for due process of law and reserves all powers not delegated to the ...

  5. Bill of Rights | Definition, Origins, Contents, & Application to...

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    Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, adopted as a single unit in 1791. They constitute a collection of mutually reinforcing guarantees of individual rights and of limitations on federal and state governments. The guarantees in the Bill of Rights have binding legal force.

  6. United States Bill of Rights - Wikipedia

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    The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.

  7. Bill of Rights: The 1st Ten Amendments

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    The Bill of Rights is a founding documents written by James Madison. It makes up the first ten amendments to the Constitution including freedom of speech and due process.

  8. The Bill of Rights ‑ Drafting, Constitutional Convention &...

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    The Bill of Rights. Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ...

  9. The Bill of Rights - National Archives

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    The Bill of Rights. Handout 3: Bill of Rights. Ratified by the states on December 15, 1791. Preamble . Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.

  10. The Bill of Rights and Other Amendments to the Constitution

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    Proposed by Congress in September 1789 and adopted in 1791, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, known collectively as the Bill of Rights, place limits on the federal and state governments’ power to curtail individual rights and freedoms.

  11. Bill of Rights (First Through Tenth Amendments) | Constitution...

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    First the omission of a bill of rights providing clearly and without the aid of sophisms for freedom of religion, freedom of the press, protection against standing armies, restriction against monopolies, the eternal and unremitting force of the habeas corpus laws, and trials by jury in all matters of the fact triable by the laws of the land and ...