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 ...

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 ...

Congress shall make no law...abridging...the right of the people peaceably to assemble.... There has been some debate as to whether “the right of the people ...

Known as the Equal Rights Amendment or "Prop 1," the proposal is broader — and ... Liz Krueger, but the Assembly never took it up. Krueger's bill was still pending in Albany in June 2022 when ...