A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.
The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.
People in this country need to understand when you go to any airport in the United States, you are not protected by the Constitution or the Bill of Rights. They can do anything they want to you, and there is no where you can go to seek redress.
The Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers - one that would protect Americans' liberty at all times - both in war, and in peace.
We have a list of human rights - right to food, right to shelter, right to health, right to education, many such items which are considered and accepted as bill of rights. These are to be insured to people. So all nations, all societies try to do that.
The Second Amendment is an integral part of the Bill of Rights.
Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.
The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it.
Our Founding Fathers drafted the Bill of Rights to ensure that We the People could determine how best to protect our communities.
The Bill of Rights was intended to secure freedom of speech - the freedom of speech of members of parliament to speak freely rather than be at threat of... the threat of an over powerful monarch at the time.