Amendments are part of the Constitution. The first 10 amendments, or Bill of Rights, were submitted to the state legislatures in September 1789. The Bill of Rights was ratified in December 1791.

Pauline Maier is the William Rand Kenan Jr. professor of American history at M.I.T. and the author of "Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution 1787-1788." Updated July 8, 2012, 10:01 PM ...

But there is yet another reason why the First Amendment is no defense against impeachment, and that is that a central object of the Constitution was to restrain a government leader who was a ...

Crucial Quote “Our First Amendment gives us the right to speak freely and to communicate freely, and TikTok as a platform has created a community and a space for free speech for 150 million ...

The National Constitution Center’s First Amendment Gallery is now open, featuring more than 20 artifacts depicting the “Five Freedoms.”. To coincide with the 20th anniversary of the NCC’s opening, the ...

If, for example, the First Amendment equally protects religious and secular entrepreneurs from compelled expression of viewpoints they abhor—a point the Court took pains to emphasize in its ...

Goodbye Pennsylvania Avenue. Hello Pennsylvania. The four-story, 50-ton marble tablet engraved with the First Amendment that graced the Newseum in Washington has been donated to the National ...