The Bill of Rights | Constitution 101

What is the #BillOfRights? What protections does it afford citizens? Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, explores the influences that George Mason and the Virgina Declaration had on the Bill of Rights.
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[@nealyoung2703]

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[@anzatzi]

Great find!

[@markmanning2921]

thats why I think the 9th amendment is the single greatest amendment added to the bill of rights. Just because it was not enumerated does NOT mean it is not reserved by the people.

[@lisaschuttler7860]

I love the lecture and learning a lot. I especially like that pause at 12: 37 and little smile at 14:19. Adds emphasis without really trying.

[@user-mp3hw9bm3n]

Clear concise and helpful.

[@selvart8344]

This should be required watching in every school

[@SteveXNYC]

What's a school?. Isn't education for institutionalize subjects?. Most lead to drugs and CRIME. The breadbasket of the nations.

[@thomascourt4935]

This is wonderful! I will be using this in my classes.

[@SteveXNYC]

Class?. Are you a racist?. I'm a racer, you want a ride?

[@kwdutton6698]

Awesome

[@SteveXNYC]

Yeah your nation has a prison for all who they dislike.

[@SGCXD]

You missed the mark on the 2A a little bit. It was always an individual right and the Heller decision didn’t say that individuals can keep a handgun for self defense, it said The People have the right to have a handgun for lawful purposes, such as, self defense. It’s kind of a huge difference.

[@claircrvus2199]

dude did he fart at 10:03. other then that lovely video. made me laugh at 10:03

[@europhile2658]

Was the English Bill of Rights a source for the American Bill of Rights? I read somewhere that two of the rights were direct lifts

[@SteveXNYC]

Edman Randolph is the one who wrote the constitution. The same people who hijack England also hijack America. It can be the east India COMPANY and dutch west indies COMPANY.

[@ryanweaver962]

Rights of humansss bodies and minds and communties… data and beyond. Privacy transparency and SpotOn oversight. Breathe… community and laws.

[@johnmccormick8159]

I'm a fan of Madison, but I'm willing to go with 'James Madison, father of the Constitution of the United States and midwife of the U.S. Bill of Rights'. 😉

[@Z.Y.L.U.M]

Where do the 10 Commandments fit into the Bill of Rights?

[@SteveXNYC]

The CONSTITUTION was written for shemic people. Those are the children of Shem the babylonian GOD. They are blue eyes, blonde hair and fair skin. Shem is the building at odds with his brother Ham from noah ark.

[@SteveXNYC]

Remember kids, its 'We The People " vrs "we the people ". They must never win.

[@carpecanem611]

"That all men are born equally free and independent..." What exactly does this mean coming from a slaveholder? Perhaps he defines "men" as male, white, Christian, property owners.

[@sues3218]

They wanted to put forth a plan to abolish slavery at some point in our nation. It takes time to change people's minds. Unfortunately, some refused to adhere to the Constitution, and we had to fight a war over it.

[@PierzStyx]

Good question, but your assumed conclusion is wrong. In the original draft of the Declaration, Jefferson made it clear that Black slaves were included in the men in "all men are created equal" and that slavery was an evil introduced into North America by the British king.

[@twoeyebug]

That led to Jim Crow law where they took away black rights

[@CharlesMcKinneyIV]

Yet perpetuated by how many presidents until the EP in 1863? ​@@PierzStyx

[@Poor_righteous_teacher7]

CON 101 because it’s a con to believe you have any rights in Rhode Island.

[@SteveXNYC]

America die 1666. It took them 100yrs to chip on Plymouth rock.