What is the Bill of Rights, and which freedoms does it protect?
Liberty's Fence
What is the Bill of Rights, and which freedoms does it protect?
Imagine a brand-new country, just barely stitched together, arguing in a hot room about one big worry. The new government had real power now — but what would stop it from someday pushing people around? So a few stubborn folks said: write down the rules the government is NOT allowed to break. That list became the Bill of Rights.
The Bill of Rights is the first ten changes added to the United States Constitution, agreed to in 1791. Think of the Constitution as the rulebook for how the country runs. The Bill of Rights is the part that protects ordinary people FROM the government. Ten short promises, each one a fence the government can't cross.
