What is the Bill of Rights?
The Bill of Rights is a document comprising of the first ten amendments to the US Constitution, published by James Madison in 1789. These ten amendements are the basis for the Protection of Individual Rights, one of the key priciples of the constituion. The most significant of these are:
1st: Freedom of Speech and Religion,
2nd: The right to bear arms
4th : Protection from unwarranted search or seizure
6th: The right to the due legal process (free trial by jury, evidence, etc)
8th: Protection from cruel and unusual punishment
10th: Rights delegated to the states
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