who wrote the bill of rights?
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i know that the one who enforced was some guy, Mason i think, from virginia, but thats all i know
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Gee, if there were only some kind of, oh I don't know, CONSTITUTION... or BILL OF RIGHTS.\nSeems like that would help.
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constitution and Bill of rights
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For a technical historical answer, contact Jon Roland of the Constitution Society http://www.constitution.org\n\nTraditionally, the Bill of Rights defines specific rights of citizens that were not spelled out in the Constitution, in an attempt to reinforce these as reserved to the people where government could not infringe: (1) free exercise of religion, freedom of speech or of the press, right to peaceably assemble and to petition the government (2) right to bear arms with respect to militia (3) freedom from quartering of soldiers (4) right to security and freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures (5) freedom from self-incrimination (6 and 7) right to speedy public trial, legal defense and other due process procedures, and right to trial by jury and freedom from double jeopardy (8) freedom from cruel or unusual punishment or excessive fines or bails (9 and 10) protection of rights regardless of enumeration and reservation of rights to States or the people not otherwise delegated or prohibited under the Constitution.\n\nHowever, if the existence of these laws in writing were enough to reinforce equal checks and balances, there would not have been a need to add the Fourteenth Amendment about "equal protection under the law." I find this concept of "equal protection" necessary to apply the Bill of Rights fairly to respect the consent of all the governed parties, instead of favoring some interests over others in violation of the Code of Ethics for Government Service (see Public Law 96-303, 1980).\n\nIn practice, I find that only the educated practice and agreed enforcement of Constitutional rights guarantees these to anyone. The First Amendment especially reflects natural laws that govern all humanity -- every human being desires free exercise to act, free speech and press to communicate, and the right peaceably to assemble and to petition as part of due process. Collectively, our individual rights become the three functions of government -- from establishing and interpreting laws and contracts by written and spoken word, to exercising individual freedom and authority, and assembling in protest or petition to represent and defend our interests whether in courts or Congress, or school, churches or other institutions.\n\nAs individuals learn to balance our natural rights with those of others, and between the level of the individual to the collective level of government, that is when we will realize the checks and balances intended between the three branches of government, as well as the levels of government of local, state, and federal. \n\nhttp://www.houstonprogressive.org/isocracy.html
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In the summer of 1787, delegates from 13 new American states, recently British colonies, met in Philadelphia to write a constitution for a unified nation. By September, they had produced a document that then began to circulate among the state legislatures for ratification. The new constitution provided a blueprint for how the national government would function, but it did not contain a section specifically outlining the rights of individual citizens. A public debate quickly arose. Advocates of the draft constitution argued that guarantees of individual rights were not needed. Others, however, aware of the explicit rights guaranteed in earlier documents such as the British Bill of Rights (1689) and the Virginia Declaration of Rights in 1776, believed that some specific provision stating the rights of individuals was necessary.\n\nAt the height of the debate, in December 1787, Thomas Jefferson, then serving as ambassador to France, wrote a letter to his friend James Madison, one of the chief authors of the new constitution. "A bill of rights," Jefferson wrote, "is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference."\n\nJefferson's position gained advocates, and a compromise was reached. State legislatures agreed to ratify the draft document with the understanding that the first national legislature meeting under the new constitution would pass amendments guaranteeing individual liberties. That is precisely what occurred. By 1791, these 10 amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, had become part of the supreme law of the land.\n\nMuch about this controversy at the very beginning of the American experiment in democracy prefigures later developments in U.S. politics and constitutional law. Intense views on both sides were moderated by a complicated, yet highly pragmatic compromise. Also significant is that Jefferson saw explicit limits on government power as a necessity. In fact, the Bill of Rights can be read as the definitive statement of that most American of values: the idea that the individual is prior to and takes precedence over any government.\n\nAs the title "The Rights of the People: Individual Freedom and the Bill of Rights" suggests, this book is our effort to explain how the core concepts of individual liberty and individual rights have evolved under the U.S. legal system down the present day.\n\nIt is intended for a great variety of readers. One obvious use is in secondary school or university classrooms. To that end, we are creating an on-line Discussion Guide with accompanying questions and background references. Please look for it on the World Wide Web at: http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/\n\nA non-American reader may well ask, "But what does all this have to do with me? In my country we have a different legal tradition and there is no bill of rights."\n\nIt is true that the U.S. Bill of Rights is the historical product of a particular time and place. It arose out a long British tradition of enumerated rights within the British legal system that governed the American colonies. Some would say it has unique application to the circumstances of the United States.\n\nYet many others believe that the American Bill of Rights has transcended its historical roots. The concept of individual rights can be seen as one of the building blocks in any civil society. And in many times and many places, the Bill of Rights has served as beacon to those living under tyrants.\n\nConsider the post-1989 revolutions that ended Communist control of Eastern Europe. Looking back on these events, Adam Michnik, the Polish journalist and Solidarity leader, posed the question of which revolution has been a greater inspiration for modern Europeans — the French Revolution or the American Revolution. His answer is unequivocal.\n\n"The American Revolution," says Michnik, "appears to e
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Read the US Constitution.  Pay particular attention to the first 10 amendments.  They are known, collectively, as the Bill of Rights.  The additional amendments spell out a few more.
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JUST A FEW SUGGESTIONS SO THAT IT READS A BIT SMOOTHER...(I'M A TEACHER!)\n\nAFTER ONLY seventeen days, Thomas Jefferson finished WRITING the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration stated that men should be created equal, and have some unalienable rights.\nWilliam Pennington's dream was what Jefferson HAD stated in the Declaration of Independence. He wanted to escape from slavery, to the free state of Pennsylvania. If he were to be caught, he would be sent to the far South, never to return. Leaving his loving family, AND FACING MANY OBSTACLES ALONG THE WAY, he finally made it to Pennsylvania, ACHIEVING HIS LIFELONG GOAL OF FREEDOM. \nElizabeth Stanton FELT THAT IT WAS UNFAIR THAT WOMEN HAD FEWER RIGHTS THAN MEN. SHE BELIEVED THAT WOMEN SHOULD BE GUARANTEED THE SAME RIGHTS AS MEN AND USED "THE FIRST WOMENS'S RIGHTS" CONVENTIONS TO VOICE HER HOPES FOR THE FUTURE.\nStanton, Jefferson, and Pennington are famous for being brave, strong and courageous. \n\nMAY HELP, MAY NOT!\nGOOD LUCK
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James Monroe (who wrote the Constitution):\n"The government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like state governments, whose powers are more general. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government."\n\nOr Grover Cleveland: \n"I feel obliged to withhold my approval of the plan to indulge in benevolent and charitable sentiment through the appropriation of public funds. ... I find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution."
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Wrong, wrong, wrong, and huh? \n\nThe Constitution was most likely hand-written by the secretary, Mjr. Jackson, who was chosen by the delegates on the first day of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. There was a final sub-committee , the Committee on Stile and Arrangement, that was organized to create the final draft, but I cannot find that there was anyone else appointed to write it. It was ordered printed, which would generally mean that the secretary was to print it. I do not find anything in Madison's notes to indicate that anyone else did. However, I do not have any notes reporting the proceedings of that committee, which might indicate that someone on that committee was appointed to provide the final draft. It is unlikely that such a report exists, since all the proceedings were done in secrecy. However, a look thru the LOC website might prove otherwise.
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The amendments are the alterations that are made to the constitution. This ability to change was written into the original constitution, and is considered one of the primary reasons that the constitution is such a great document.\n\nThe Bill of Rights refers to the document of 12 amendments (though two were not accepted leaving only ten that have any force of law) to the constitution that had to be made before the constitution was accepted. Primarily they are points that were left out of the original constitution that the delegates felt should be included. So the 10 Amendments of the Bill of Rights were enacted before the constitution was ratified.
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Admendment 9\nOther Rights of the People (1791)\nThe enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.\n\nThe rightsof the people are not limited to thoses stated in the Constitution.\n\nUsing the quote you put in, it's the\n\nAdmendment 10 Powers of the States and the People (1791)\nThe powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.\n\nPowers not granted to the United States government and not forbidden to the states are left to the states or to the people.
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Bill of Rights, First Amendment.
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Bill of Rights are 10 Amendments added to the Constitution to satisfy the Anti-Federalists to get the constitution passed. 1st Amendment - Freedom of Speech, etc.
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James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was the fourth (1809–1817) President of the United States. He was co-author, with John Jay and Alexander Hamilton, of the Federalist Papers, and is traditionally regarded as the Father of the United States Constitution.\nFor more info, go to:
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The Constitution.  It is the First Amendment to the Constitution.  The first 10 Amendments are referred to as the Bill of Rights.
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The Anti-Federalist papers aren't really papers but are a collection of circulars, speeches and pamphlets mostly written by Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton (most under pen names). They were written in oposition to ratification of the Consitution on the grounds that the document did not protect individual rights sufficiently and provided for a central government that would become too powerful. The Bill of Rights was adopted to address the majority of these concerns. The were finally collected and assembled into 85 sections (to correspond directly with the 85 sections of Federalist Papers by Mr. Morton Borden). The time frame for these circulars/pamphlets was 1787-9.
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There are so many! I think I would have to go with George Washington.  Can you believe what he did with what others called an army of men with pitchforks? He was a good leader and because of that we were able to establish the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, and he was our first President.  He is one of our founding fathers.  That would be a great paper to write on because it can be about patriotism and that's what our country needs right now.  Let us know who you go with!