On December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was ratified by Virginia, allowing the passage of the first ten amendments to the Constitution. Virginia was the tenth of fourteen states to ratify the ...

The First Amendment is widely considered to be the most important part of the Bill of Rights. It protects the fundamental rights of conscience—the freedom to believe and express different ideas ...

In 1791, when Congressman James Madison was drafting the first 10 amendments to the Constitution -- which would become known ...

Washington — The 2024 election not only decided who will succeed President Biden in the White House, but in 10 states ... the ...

Abortion rights were on the ballot in 10 U.S. states in Tuesday's election, including battleground states that play critical ...

Voters in seven states approved ballot amendments establishing a right to abortion in their state constitutions, continuing a ...

The amendment applies to privately-owned systems that use public road rights-of-way ... sponsored the bill proposing Amendment 10. It passed both chambers without a dissenting vote.

The Ohio Supreme Court unanimously told Attorney General Dave Yost to again review a proposed constitutional amendment on a ...

Voters in seven states moved to protect abortion access through ballot initiatives, while similar measures in three other ...

The CIEH, which has sponsored the amendment, says selective and HMO property licensing schemes should be put on a more ...

By June 1789, Madison submitted 12 amendments, though only 10 were passed and ratified in 1791 as the Bill of Rights. Since then, 17 more amendments have been passed and ratified by the process ...

Note: The following text is a transcription of the first ten amendments to the Constitution in their original form. These amendments were ratified December 15, 1791, and form what is known as the ...