The First Ten Amendments: The Bill Of Rights

The Bill of Rights are the first ten Amendments that were written for the Constitution, and were created to strengthen the protection of citizen’s individual rights. These were written by House of Representatives member James Madison. There were two parties at the time, the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. The Federalists believed that a Bill of Rights was unnecessary because the states and the people had the powers not specifically granted to the government. On the other hand, the Anti-Federalists believed a Bill of Rights was an absolute requirement, and was what the country needed to protect individual rights. While Madison was writing these Amendments, it was argued that Congress couldn't alter the pre-existing constitution, so Madison
If we have been accused and proven not guilty, we won't be tried again for the same crime. It also protects our other basic rights listed above, such as the thing of one's property. This is one that is not well known and is underestimated in it's importance, but is a crucial part of the Bill of Rights.
Next, is the right to a speedy trial and the ability to have someone able represent them in a court of law. It also protects against people that would be trying to influence you as a witness, or someone who wants to do you harm. This protection and help in the courts is very important even now as people still try to change the minds of those involved with trials and so forth.
The seventh goes along with the previous two in a sense it involves the courts. Any crime exceeding went dollars must go through a court and have a trial. This helps prevent unjust rulings by one or another in the sense that they must be a jury to decide what happens. Since most every crime exceeds twenty dollars almost every crime is done through our legal system. This is the best way to do things because our legal system is very through and very
Some people will try to pretend they don't know what our rights mean, or will try to violate them even if do not know they are. This will protect us from that and if one is caught misinterpreting our rights they receive and just punishment.
Our last right states that any power not delegated to the United States by the Constitution is given to the states. This prevents the government controlling everything in all the states all the time. It gives the states a right to control a more local area and it helps keep an eye on the government. With each state having its own rights they can watch and keep the government in check.
Now, of all of the amendments proposed to be in this Bill of Rights, the people chose these ten. They couldn't have chosen better. These are the very things that, if not specifically given to us as the people and the stats themselves; that the government might want to control at a later date. This Bill of Rights is a very important part of the United States and helps keep this country free and allows it to be run by the people. Without the foresight of our early leaders and the compromise they came to in the making of this document, America might be a very different