what are they called?

Question

what are those things called that state like "you have the right to life" "or thepursuit of happiness" or "freedom of press"??amendments??or is it apart of the consttution??

Answer 1

Those things are taken from the Declaration of Independence.

Answer 2

You are a bit confused.

The references to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are found in the Declaration of Independence, which pre-dates the U.S. Constitution by quite a few years.

As to the "freedoms", i.e., press, bearing arms, speech, religion, etc. Those freedoms are delineated in the Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The first 10 amendments are referred to as "the Bill of Rights."

So while technically, the freedoms you mentioned falls under the general umbrella of the U.S. Constitution, they are found in different bodies of text known as Amendments.

Answer 3

The Freedom of Speech is the First amendment of the Constitution and the pursuit of happiness is the Declaration of Independence. Go to www.history.com and look them up? eh?

Answer 4

"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" comes from the Declaration of Independence.

Freedom of press, etc. comes from the Bill of Rights (Amendments I-X of the US Constitution).

Answer 5

Most of those are from the first 10 Amendments otherwise known as the Bill of Rights.

The pursuit of happiness is from the Declaration of Independence, however, it is not a 'right' in the same sense.

Answer 6

the first amendment is the thing that you wanna know,and birth rights.

Answer 7

Nothing is ever "apart of" anything.
It can be A PART OF
or it can be APART FROM.

Answer 8

they are part of the amendments and are called unalienable rights.