What are the rights listed in the Constitution?

Rights and Protections Guaranteed in the Bill of Rights

Freedom of speech.
Freedom of the press.
Freedom of religion.
Freedom of assembly.
Right to petition the government.

Who has the biggest signature on the Constitution?

John Hancock

Is there an amendment about privacy?

The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution provides that “[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly …

Who was at the Constitutional Convention 1787?

Four years after the United States won its independence from England, 55 state delegates, including George Washington, James Madison and Benjamin Franklin, convene in Philadelphia to compose a new U.S. constitution.

What are our unenumerated rights?

Unenumerated rights are legal rights inferred from other rights that are implied by existing laws, such as in written constitutions, but are not themselves expressly coded or “enumerated” among the explicit writ of the law.

What did the constitutional convention do?

The Constitutional Convention took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed. Although the Convention had been officially called to revise the existing Articles of Confederation, many delegates had much bigger plans.

What issues were decided at the Constitutional Convention?

A central issue at the Convention was whether the federal government or the states would have more power. Many delegates believed that the federal government should be able to overrule state laws, but others feared that a strong federal government would oppress their citizens.

What does Unenumerated mean?

not individually listed

What is Article 40 of the Irish Constitution?

Article 40. All citizens shall, as human persons, be held equal before the law. This shall not be held to mean that the State shall not in its enactments have due regard to differences of capacity, physical and moral, and of social function.

Which state is missing from the list of signers?

(William Jackson, who was the secretary of the convention, but not a delegate, also signed the Constitution. John Delaware was absent but had another delegate sign for him.)

What is the main purpose of the Ninth Amendment?

Thus was born the Ninth Amendment, whose purpose was to assert the principle that the enumerated rights are not exhaustive and final and that the listing of certain rights does not deny or disparage the existence of other rights.