Bill Of Rights Research Paper
Bill of Rights & Amendments
The Constitution of the United States was written by our forefathers to set up guidelines and regulations for the government to follow as well as give certain rights to the citizens of this nation. “In the past 200 years, the U.S. Constitution has been amended 27 times” (How the U.S. Constitution, n.d.). “On September 25, 1789, the First Congress of the United States therefore proposed to the state legislatures 12 amendments to the Constitution that met arguments most frequently advanced against it” (Bill of Rights, n.d.).
As times have changed, so has the needs and the ways that the citizens in the United States. The U.S. Constitution was constructed over 200 years ago, back then times were much simpler. Presidents …show more content…
With each passing day, year, or decade, the way we as individuals live and conduct our lives, will only enhance the way the Constitution will be interpreted. As generations come forward, society, the economy, and the views on how the branches and life are ran, will only cause for more amendments to make the document fit our needs now and later and leave what use to be, a thing of the past. However, without this document to begin with, we wouldn’t have the rights to change and redirect the things we feel need to be done. Just as times have changed in the last 200 years, the next 200 years should bring even more change and interpretation with each generation and generations to …show more content…
(n.d.). Retrieved May 11, 2013, from Exploring Constitutional Conflicts website: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftraials/conlaw/articlev.htm
Bill of Rights. (n.d.). Retrieved May 11, 2013, from The Charters of Freedom website: http://www.archieves.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_html
How the U.S. Constitution Has Changed with the Times. (n.d.). Retrieved May 11, 2013 from Scholastic website: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/how-us-constitution-has-changed-times
Madison, J. (2007, April 16). Bill of Rights. Current Events, 106, 5-5. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/196427315?accountid=35812
13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (2013, April 23). Retrieved May 13, 2013, from Library of Congress website: http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html
14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (2013, April 23). Retrieved May 13, 2013, from Library of Congress website: http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/14thamendment.html
15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (2013, April 23). Retrieved May 13, 2013, from Library of Congress website:
The Constitution of the United States was written by our forefathers to set up guidelines and regulations for the government to follow as well as give certain rights to the citizens of this nation. “In the past 200 years, the U.S. Constitution has been amended 27 times” (How the U.S. Constitution, n.d.). “On September 25, 1789, the First Congress of the United States therefore proposed to the state legislatures 12 amendments to the Constitution that met arguments most frequently advanced against it” (Bill of Rights, n.d.).
As times have changed, so has the needs and the ways that the citizens in the United States. The U.S. Constitution was constructed over 200 years ago, back then times were much simpler. Presidents …show more content…
With each passing day, year, or decade, the way we as individuals live and conduct our lives, will only enhance the way the Constitution will be interpreted. As generations come forward, society, the economy, and the views on how the branches and life are ran, will only cause for more amendments to make the document fit our needs now and later and leave what use to be, a thing of the past. However, without this document to begin with, we wouldn’t have the rights to change and redirect the things we feel need to be done. Just as times have changed in the last 200 years, the next 200 years should bring even more change and interpretation with each generation and generations to …show more content…
(n.d.). Retrieved May 11, 2013, from Exploring Constitutional Conflicts website: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftraials/conlaw/articlev.htm
Bill of Rights. (n.d.). Retrieved May 11, 2013, from The Charters of Freedom website: http://www.archieves.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_html
How the U.S. Constitution Has Changed with the Times. (n.d.). Retrieved May 11, 2013 from Scholastic website: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/how-us-constitution-has-changed-times
Madison, J. (2007, April 16). Bill of Rights. Current Events, 106, 5-5. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/196427315?accountid=35812
13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (2013, April 23). Retrieved May 13, 2013, from Library of Congress website: http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/13thamendment.html
14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (2013, April 23). Retrieved May 13, 2013, from Library of Congress website: http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/14thamendment.html
15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. (2013, April 23). Retrieved May 13, 2013, from Library of Congress website: