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United States Bill of Rights

Rights and Social Legislation

The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. It was proposed following the often bitter 1787-88 debate over the ratification of the Constitution and written to address the objections raised by Anti-Federalists. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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EraSourced to the subject's own account
Proposed September 25, 1789; ratified December 15, 1791 1
Promulgated BySourced to the subject's own account
United States Congress, ratified by the state legislatures 1
Legal Status
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In Force 1
Era
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Early Modern (1500-1800) 1
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Law of the United States, Legal Systems
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1. United States Bill of Rights (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section (entity-description)
    The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. It was proposed following the often bitter 1787-88 debate over the ratification of the Constitution and written to address the objections raised by Anti-Federalists.
  • Infobox (era)
    Proposed September 25, 1789; ratified December 15, 1791
  • Ratification process section
    Gregory Watson, a University of Texas at Austin undergraduate student, started a new push for the article's ratification with a letter-writing campaign to state legislatures. As a result, by May 1992, enough states had approved Article Two (38 of the 50 states in the Union) for it to become the Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution. The amendment's adoption was certified by Archivist of the United States Don W. Wilson and subsequently affirmed by a vote of Congress on May 20, 1992.
  • In Legal System: Law of the United States, Lead section
    The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
  • In Group: Bills and Declarations of Rights, Introduction, sentence 1
    The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
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Wikidata: United States Bill of Rights
Wikidata Q862765, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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