The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Since its adoption in 1791, it has served as the founding element of basic American freedoms. It specifies the guarantees and liberties of the American people and protect them from the beliefs of popular majority opinions and transitional government officials. Originally, the Bill of Rights implicitly legally protected only white men, excluding Native Americans, African Americans and women. These exclusions were not explicit in the text, but were well understood and applied. It took additional Constitutional Amendments and several Supreme Court cases to extend full citizenship and the same rights to all minorities.
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Since its adoption in 1791, it has served as the founding element of basic American freedoms. It specifies the guarantees and liberties of the American people and protect them from the beliefs of popular majority opinions and transitional government officials. Originally, the Bill of Rights implicitly legally protected only white men, excluding Native Americans, African Americans and women. These exclusions were not explicit in the text, but were well understood and applied. It took additional Constitutional Amendments and several Supreme Court cases to extend full citizenship and the same rights to all minorities.
Bill of Rights
MORINI, MARCO
2013
Abstract
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Since its adoption in 1791, it has served as the founding element of basic American freedoms. It specifies the guarantees and liberties of the American people and protect them from the beliefs of popular majority opinions and transitional government officials. Originally, the Bill of Rights implicitly legally protected only white men, excluding Native Americans, African Americans and women. These exclusions were not explicit in the text, but were well understood and applied. It took additional Constitutional Amendments and several Supreme Court cases to extend full citizenship and the same rights to all minorities.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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