Constitutional law bill of rights notes

The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the U

These amendments guarantee essential rights and civil liberties, such as the freedom of religion, the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, trial by jury, and more, as well as reserving rights to the people and the states

The Bill will continue to give effect to the same rights and freedoms – the Convention rights – drawn from the European Convention on Human Rights (“the Convention”), but will include provisions to: provide that some rights cannot prevent the deportation of foreign criminals, except in very narrow circumstances

The first ten Amendments to the Constitution form the Bill of Rights

This lesson builds student understanding of the relationships between the United States’ founding documents by comparing and contrasting the Declaration of Independence, the U

Constitution, and the Bill of Rights