THE Conventions of a number of the States ... following text is a transcription of the first ten amendments to the Constitution in their original form. These amendments were ratified December 15, 1791 ...

The First Amendment is widely considered to be the most important part of the Bill of Rights. It protects the ... However, in New York Times v. United States (1973), the Supreme Court ruled ...

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, is often described as an international bill of rights for women.