Proposed by James Madison and crafted in response to concerns about federal overreach, the Bill of Rights, or the first ten ...

Celebrities including Jane Fonda, Shonda Rhimes and Pedro Pascal had urged Newsom to sign it, and its lead author, State Sen.

The First Amendment is widely considered to be the most important part of the Bill of Rights. It protects the fundamental rights of conscience—the freedom to believe and express different ideas ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified by Virginia, allowing the passage of the first ten amendments to the Constitution.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences CEO Bill Kramer called Disney-ABC an "amazing partner" but said he is "confident ...

In February 1947, a group consisting of Eleanor Roosevelt, Pen-Chun Chang and Charles Malik began drafting the International Bill of Human Rights. With assistance of the UN Secretariat ...

Bill Frelick, director of Human Rights Watch's Refugee and Migrant Rights Division, monitors, investigates, and documents human rights abuses against refugees, asylum seekers, and internally ...

The ACLU has evolved over the years. What began as a small group of idealists taking a stand againt the government in 1920 has grown into the nation’s premier defender of the rights enshrined in the U ...

Constitution Day is Sept. 17. To honor and learn about the 1787 ratification of the Constitution, these 5th-graders at Bickel ...

Some time ago a group of UCP activists in Medicine Hat wrote a new Bill of Rights for Alberta. This detailed document focuses heavily on COVID-era grievances and would also guarantee an unfettered ...

Victim rights groups are reviving efforts to strengthen Indiana's laws against rape during the upcoming legislative session.

Note: The following text is a transcription of the first ten amendments to the Constitution in their original form. These amendments were ratified December 15, 1791, and form what is known as the ...