What is the Bill of Rights?How does it differ from the Constitution?

Question

Name some freedoms you enjoy as a result..

Answer 1

The Bill of Rights tell you what rights as a private citizen of this country you're entitled to.
The Constitution tells how the government is formed,the different branches and levels of government. And,how it works explaining what it can and cannot do.
Some of the rights I enjoy are "The right to assemble".
"The right to keep and bear arms".
"The right to trial by jury". Over the years, I've met several people on the Net and some of them have told me that they wished that their governments allowed a trial by jury. I tell them that most people in this country avoid jury duty like as if it was a plague and an inconvenience of their time. If you don't use it,you WILL lose it.

Answer 2

The US Bill of Rights is composed of the first ten amendments to the US Constitution. So the Bill of Rights is PART of the Constitution.
Freedoms from Amendment 1: freedom of speech, freedom of and from religion, freedom of the press.
Freedom from Amendment 2: right to keep and bear arms.
For others, see http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/funddocs/billeng.htm.

The British Bill of Rights declared the rights of the "Peers" (lords) over the king (at the time, James II) and was an agreement forced on the king by the peers. The British Constitution is not clearly related; it is found in a series of documents, laws and court cases.

Answer 3

James Madison believed that citizens needed to be protected from the state governments and the national government. He gathered ideas from friends and documents and came up with 42 rights that needed to be protected for individuals. Madison's 42 rights were cut to 27 by the House of Representatives. Then they were cut to only 12 by the time the Senate approved them, and finally only 10 were approved by the states. These 10 rights became the first 10 amendments to the Constitution on December 15, 1791 and became known as The Bill of Rights.Two groups opposed each other, the Federalists who wanted a strong government and no bill of rights, and the Anti-Federalists who wanted more power for the states and a bill of rights. To reach an agreement, James Madison promised to add a bill of rights to the Constitution.

So I enjoy the bill of rights because it gave me the freedom to join the Army as a woman and serve overseas. It gave me the freedom from the government to control and dictate what I can do as a woman.

Answer 4

The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to the the Constitution. It differs from the Constitution in that it states the rights the founding fathers believed should have been in the Constitution, but were not. The Constitution nearly wasn't passed, but the Bill of Rights saved it.

I am free to write my representative a letter saying he's the stupidest jerk on the planet, so long as I don't spread it as fact.

Once I am 18, I am free to bear arms, with a permit.

I am free to worship the Teletubbies as gods, if I so choose. Admittedly I would really rather not, but...