The Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a part of the Bill of Rights, was ratified on December 15, 1791. It expresses the principle of federalism, whereby the federal government and the
The Bill of Rights in the National Archives
United States Bill of Rights
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The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. It was proposed following the often bitter 1787–88 debate over the ratification of the Constituti
On June 5, 1788, Patrick Henry spoke before Virginia's ratification convention in opposition to the Constitution.
James Madison, primary author and chief advocate for the Bill of Rights in the First Congress
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution on display in the Library of Congress prior to the removal to the National Archives