Episode 10 The Bill of Rights

Guarantees of personal liberties were not in the original US Constitution. They were added as the first amendments to the document by the 1st Congress a year and a half later.

References:

* Bill of Rights Institute – The Bill of Rights 1791

* Constitution Society – George Mason’s Master Draft Bill of Rights, 1787

* Wikipedia – US Bill of Rights

* Wikipedia – Magna Carta

* Wikipedia – 1st US Congress

* Wikipedia – Virginia Declaration of Rights, 1776

* University of Missouri, Kansas City, School of Law – The Bill of Rights: Its History and Significance

* Wikipedia – Timeline of drafting and ratification of the US Constitution

* National Archives – Congress Creates the Bill of Rights

* National Constitution Center – Five items Congress deleted from Madison’s original Bill of Rights

* Wikipedia – Congressional Apportionment Amendment

* World Justice Project – Rule of Law Index 2018-19, US ranking

 

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