- Arms, Right to Keep and Bear - Right of individuals to own firearms
- Association, Freedom of - The right of the people to meet or associate with others for peaceful purposes
- Bill of Rights, United States - Hyperlinked transcript of document from the First Congress of the United States, proposing 12 amendments to the Constitution (the last 10 became the Bill of Rights - now also in Spanish)
- Due Process of Law - Procedural safeguards, and unbiased laws and judgements
- Eminent Domain Protections - Restrictions on the power of governments to take private property for public use
- People, Rights Retained by the - Rights not explicitly listed in the Bill of Rights
- Petition Government, Right to - Right to state grievances and request relief
- Press, Freedom of the - Liberty to publish facts and opinion
- Punishments, Cruel and Unusual, Protection Against - Restriction on the use of cruel and unusual punishments
- Religion, Freedom of - Liberty to practice any or no religion
- Reserved Powers - Powers retained by the States and the people
- Searches, Right Against Unreasonable - Protection from unwarranted searches and takings
- Self-Incrimination, Right Against - The right not to bear witness against one's self
- Soldiers, No Quartering of - No stationing of soldiers in private houses
- Speech, Freedom of - Liberty to speak or express oneself
- Trial by Jury, Right to - Guarantees in criminal and civil cases
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Bill of Rights, 4 Mar 1789
U.S. National Archives, includes transcript and downloadable high-resolution image |
Bill of Rights
Hyperlinked text with references to other areas of the Freedom Circle directory |
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Bill of Rights - Security Edition
Related Topics: Dean Cameron
"What is the 'Security Edition'? The First Ten Amendments to the constitution of the United States printed on sturdy, pocket-sized, pieces of metal." |
| Articles |
| Civil Society: Prepared Remarks of James W. Lark, III, at Bill of Rights Day Celebration, by James W. Lark, III, 6 Dec 2003 |
| Do Our Rights Come from the Constitution?, by Jacob G. Hornberger, Freedom Daily, Jun 1999 |
Lessons about Our Constitution from Abu Ghraib, by Jacob G. Hornberger, 26 May 2004
"Given that we now know how U.S. officials rule a country when they have omnipotent powers, without any constitutional restraints or guaranteed rights for the people, we should be thanking our lucky stars for the wisdom, courage, and foresight of the Framers and our ancestors." |
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On Socially Responsible Programming, by Eric S. Raymond, 2 Oct 1999
"If we want to be socially responsible programmers, our first duty is to defend and expand liberty — to defend, in particular, the individual freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of Rights." |
Synergism Within the Bill of Rights, by Andrew Ausley, Dec 2003
Related Topic: Libertarian Party of Okaloosa County
Winner of Bill of Rights Day essay contest, sponsored by Libertarian Party of Okaloosa County, Fla., and The Advocates for Self-Government |
The Bill of Rights, by Hugo Lafayette Black, New York University Law Review, Apr 1960
Related Topic: John Lilburne
"It has been said, and I think correctly, that had there been no general agreement that a supplementary Bill of Rights would be adopted as soon as possible after Congress met, the Constitution would not have been ratified. ... I cannot agree with those who think of the Bill of Rights as an 18th Century straitjacket, unsuited for this age." |
The Freedom Pledge, by Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership, Inc., 22 May 2002
"I pledge my honor to the Bill of Rights, our precious national treasure. ... As the Bill protects liberty, I will live free. " |
Democracy Versus Liberty [PDF], by James Bovard, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Aug 2006
Related Topics: Democracy, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson
"But the Bill of Rights did not give freedom to Americans; instead, it was a solemn pledge by the government that it recognized and would not violate the pre-existing rights of individuals. The Bill of Rights was not 'radical' according to the beliefs of Americans of that era; it codified rights both long recognized in English common law and purchased in blood during the Revolution." |
George Mason and the Bills of Rights, by Gary Williams, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, May 1992
Related Topics: George Mason, Washington, DC
"The Bill of Rights received a lot of attention during its recent 200th anniversary, but little recognition was given to George Mason, who was the driving force behind the document. ... Mason fought against ratification of the United States Constitution because it contained no bill of rights." |
How Much Do You Know About Liberty? (a quiz), The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Jun 1996
Related Topics: Liberty, Entrepreneurship, John Hancock, Abraham Lincoln, Right to Trial by Jury, War
"What bulwark of American liberty do we owe to the Antifederalists? ... The Bill of Rights. Soon after the Constitutional Convention made its proposed Constitution public ... Antifederalists objected that it lacked a bill of rights specifically prohibiting the federal government from violating key civil liberties. ..." |
Law as 'Reason' or as 'Violence'?, by Butler Shaffer, 17 Nov 2001
Related Topics: Law, Rights Retained by the People
"If one reads a history of the cases decided by the United States Supreme Court, one finds the following fairly consistent patterns: ... personal liberties that were supposed to have been protected by the 'Bill of Rights' have been given a very restricted definition. Case after case reverberates with such phrases as 'freedom of religion does not include,' or 'free speech does not mean,' or ..." |
The Anatomy of the State, by Murray N. Rothbard, 1974
Related Topics: The State, Albert Jay Nock, Franz Oppenheimer, Property, War
"Certainly the most ambitious attempt to impose limits on the State has been the Bill of Rights and other restrictive parts of the American Constitution, in which written limits on government became the fundamental law to be interpreted by a judiciary supposedly independent of the other branches of government." |
| Cartoons |
| We're doing a study on what Americans know about the First Amendment ..., by Don Wright, The Palm Beach Post, 6 Mar 2006 |
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