Bill of Rights

This bill, created in December 1689, was an original act of the English Parliament that established the principles of free elections, frequent parliaments, and freedom of speech within parliament, which is now known as Parliamentary Privilege. The main principles of the English Bill of Rights are…

There are currently twenty-seven amendments that are a part of the United States Constitution since the Constitution was enacted on March 4th, 1789. The first ten amendments include the Bill of Rights, which were adopted and ratified at the same time. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are known…

<p><span class="deck"> Long before Lexington, James Otis’ fight for civil liberties gave heart to the rebel cause. But why did he behave so strangely as the Revolution neared? Which side was he on?</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck">Jefferson and Madison led a revolutionary fight for complete separation of church and state. Their reasons probed the basic relation between religion and democracy</span></p>

<p><span class="body"><span class="body">America has taught the world that freedom is humanity’s birthright. Why should we expect President Carter to keep quiet about it?</span></span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Every one of the founders was a historian who believed that only history could protect us from tyranny and coercion. In their reactions to the long, bloody pageant of the English past, we can see the framers’ intentions.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">We tend to see the<em> Constitution</em> as permanent and inviolable, but we’re always wild to change it.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">A diminutive, persuasive Virginian hijacked the Constitutional Convention and forced the moderates to accept a national government with vastly expanded powers.</span></p>

<p>To find out what the Founding generation said about "well-regulated militias" and the right to bear arms, we researched all the colonial and state constitutions enacted before 1791.</p>

<p>The first ten amendments prevent majorities from exercising power at the expense of individuals. But they weren’t called a “bill of rights” until more than a century after ratification.</p>