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The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Proposed to assuage the fears of Anti-Federalists who had opposed Constitutional ratification, these amendments guarantee a number of personal freedoms, limit the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and reserve some powers to the states and the public. While originally the amendments applied only to the federal government, most of their provisions have since been applied to the states by way of the Fourteenth Amendment, a process known as incorporation. The Bill of Rights had little judicial impact for the first 150 years of its existence, but was the basis for many Supreme Court decisions of the 20th and 21st centuries.
The United States Bill of Rights is in the public domain. This audio was recorded by LearnOutLoud.com and is narrated by Jon Reiss. Copyright © 2006 LearnOutLoud, Inc. Any reproduction or illegal distribution of the content in any form will result in immediate action against the person concerned.
An audio recording of the United States Bill of Rights. This is part of our audio book The Founding Documents of the United States of America. Download this audio book on MP3 for free on LearnOutLoud.com: learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video/Politics/-/The-Founding-Documents-of-the-United-States-of-America/19039
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Proposed to assuage the fears of Anti-Federalists who had opposed Constitutional ratification, these amendments guarantee a number of personal freedoms, limit the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and reserve some powers to the states and the public. While originally the amendments applied only to the federal government, most of their provisions have since been applied to the states by way of the Fourteenth Amendment, a process known as incorporation. The Bill of Rights had little judicial impact for the first 150 years of its existence, but was the basis for many Supreme Court decisions of the 20th and 21st centuries.
The United States Bill of Rights is in the public domain. This audio was recorded by LearnOutLoud.com and is narrated by Jon Reiss. Copyright © 2006 LearnOutLoud, Inc. Any reproduction or illegal distribution of the content in any form will result in immediate action against the person concerned.
An audio recording of the United States Bill of Rights. This is part of our audio book The Founding Documents of the United States of America. Download this audio book on MP3 for free on LearnOutLoud.com: learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video/Politics/-/The-Founding-Documents-of-the-United-States-of-America/19039
