the Bill of Rights

noun phrase

: the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution

Certain freedoms are guaranteed to all Americans by the Bill of Rights.

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Don’t actually follow the American principles enshrined in The Constitution, the Bill of Rights, or the text inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. —

Meghan Hatch-Geary, Hartford Courant, 2 Nov. 2024 Language explicitly extended freedoms under the Bill of Rights to the states: if the federal government had to respect the freedom in question, state governments had to as well. —

Sabrina Haake, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2024 The whole point of the 14th Amendment was to remove fundamental freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights from the whims of public opinion, because public opinion is easily manipulated. —

Sabrina Haake, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2024 With the Bill of Rights now attached to the Constitution, North Carolina ratified the document and became the 12th state. —

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