United States Bill of Rights
The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
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Incorporation of the Bill of Rights
Incorporation, in United States law, is the doctrine by which portions of the Bill of Rights have been made applicable to the states.
Constitution of the United States
Supreme law of the United States of America.
Supreme law of the United States of America.
In general, the first ten amendments, known collectively as the Bill of Rights, offer specific protections of individual liberty and justice and place restrictions on the powers of government.
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Drafted in 1776 to proclaim the inherent rights of men, including the right to reform or abolish "inadequate" government.
Drafted in 1776 to proclaim the inherent rights of men, including the right to reform or abolish "inadequate" government.
It influenced a number of later documents, including the United States Declaration of Independence (1776) and the United States Bill of Rights (1789).
National Archives and Records Administration
Independent agency of the United States government charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records.
Independent agency of the United States government charged with the preservation and documentation of government and historical records.
The National Archives, and its publicly exhibited Charters of Freedom, which include the original United States Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution, United States Bill of Rights, and many other historical documents, is headquartered in the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C.
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the Reconstruction Amendments.
The Supreme Court has ruled this clause makes most of the Bill of Rights as applicable to the states as it is to the federal government, as well as to recognize substantive and procedural requirements that state laws must satisfy.
Bill of Rights 1689
Landmark Act in the constitutional law of England that sets out certain basic civil rights and clarifies who would be next to inherit the Crown.
Landmark Act in the constitutional law of England that sets out certain basic civil rights and clarifies who would be next to inherit the Crown.
The Bill of Rights 1689 was one of the models for the United States Bill of Rights of 1789, the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 and the European Convention on Human Rights of 1950.
George Mason
American planter, politician, Founding Father, and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, one of three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution.
American planter, politician, Founding Father, and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention of 1787, one of three delegates who refused to sign the Constitution.
The Virginia Declaration of Rights, which Mason principally authored, served as a basis for the United States Bill of Rights, a document of which he has been deemed a father.
Elbridge Gerry
American Founding Father, politician, and diplomat who served as the fifth vice president of the United States under President James Madison from 1813 until his death in 1814.
American Founding Father, politician, and diplomat who served as the fifth vice president of the United States under President James Madison from 1813 until his death in 1814.
He was one of three men who attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787 who refused to sign the United States Constitution because it did not include a Bill of Rights at the time it was signed.
The Federalist Papers
Collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution.
Collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the United States Constitution.
In Federalist No. 84, Hamilton makes the case that there is no need to amend the Constitution by adding a Bill of Rights, insisting that the various provisions in the proposed Constitution protecting liberty amount to a "bill of rights."
Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fifth Amendment (Amendment V) to the United States Constitution addresses criminal procedure and other aspects of the Constitution.
The Fifth Amendment (Amendment V) to the United States Constitution addresses criminal procedure and other aspects of the Constitution.
It was ratified, along with nine other articles, in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights.