RESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America ... amendments to the Constitution in their original form. These amendments were ratified December 15, 1791, and ...

The first ten Amendments to the Constitution protect all of the basic freedoms of Americans and are known as the Bill ... human rights groups such as Amnesty International accuse the US military ...

The First Amendment is widely considered to be the most important part of the Bill of Rights. It protects the ... However, in New York Times v. United States (1973), the Supreme Court ruled ...

which became the Bill of Rights in 1791, was a protection of state power. The new Tenth Amendment stated: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it ...

As the Trump administration tests the limits of presidential power, here's a look at what the U.S. Constitution says.