Bill of Rights Day is observed every year to commemorate the ratification of the first 10 amendments to the constitution that confirms the fundamental rights of the U.S. citizens.

December 15th is Bill of Rights Day. When Congress sent the proposed Constitution to the states for ratification in 1787, several conditioned their ratification on a promise that a bill of rights woul ...

The Second, Third, and Fourth Amendments limit what Congress may do, extending the list of proscriptions found in Constitution’s next provision, Article I, Section 9.

Remember that the Bill of Rights originally applied only against the federal government. The First Amendment, which begins, "Congress shall make no law," was quite explicit on this point.

Strictly speaking, what we today call the Bill of Rights are 10 separate amendments, and they were to be considered as separate provisions rather than a single document.

The coronavirus is set to test our Bill of Rights more broadly than any other event in ... Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Tenth Amendments. Many of these issues are already being ...

The Patriot Act drove a stake through the heart of the Bill of Rights, violating at least six of the 10 original amendments — the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Amendments ...

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution formed the Bill of Rights and were ratified in 1791. Since then, more than 11,000 amendments have been proposed, with just 27 making it through the ...

George Washington’s personal copy of the U.S. Constitution and a draft of the Bill of Rights sold Friday at Christie’s for a whopping $9.8 million.

Nov. 9, 2009 — -- An amendment included in the House health care bill passed this weekend promising to restrict federal funding for abortions has reignited a fiery debate on one of the most ...

The gun control debate frequently focuses on what the Founders intended when they wrote the Second Amendment into the Bill of Rights, as the first 10 amendments are called.