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What is Our Bill of Rights?

Posted on Saturday October 3rd, 2009 at 22:20 in constitution, bill of rights

We had another constitutional milestone to commemorate this September.On September 25, 1789, the 1st U.S. Congress sent twelve constitutional amendments to the states for ratification. This was completed on December 15, 1791. The first ten became our...