Bill of Rights Links

https://www.uscourts.gov/news/2019/12/12/now-cherished-bill-rights-spent-century-obscurity Dec 12, 2019 "The Bill of Rights is among our nation’s most admired documents, guaranteeing broad personal liberties and inspiring some of the federal courts’ most famous and polarizing cases. And yet for well over a century, the Bill of Rights was one of America’s best kept secrets...The Bill of Rights amendments “contain no expression indicating an intention to apply them to the State governments,” Chief Justice John Marshall wrote in Barron v. Baltimore. “This court cannot so apply them.” United States Courts

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/magna-carta-muse-and-mentor/due-process-of-law.html Library of Congress Exhibition provides information about these Sections: Magna Carta Comes to America | King John in History and Memory | Rebellion and the Great Charter | Lincoln Magna Carta | Confirmations by Kings and Parliament | Interpreting the Rule of Law | Rights of Englishmen in British America | No Taxation Without Representation | Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution | Due Process of Law | Trial by Jury | Writ of Habeas Corpus | Executive Power | Magna Carta in Culture

https://www.dailysignal.com/2016/12/09/ohio-takes-major-step-to-protect-individual-rights-due-process Dec 09, 2016 "Yesterday, the Ohio Legislature voted overwhelmingly to approve H.B. 347, a sweeping reform bill that will dramatically scale back the practice of seizing and forfeiting property absent a criminal conviction." The Daily Signal

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-the-bill-of-rights-2 Dec 15, 2019 "Many of the rights and liberties Americans cherish—such as freedom of speech, religion, and due process of law—were not enumerated in the original Constitution drafted at the Philadelphia Convention in 1787, but were included in the first ten amendments, known as the Bill of Rights. How much do you know about the Bill of Rights? Check out these handy FAQs to learn all about it." Constitution Daily Smart conversation from the National Constitution Center

https://www.aier.org/article/john-adams-on-liberty-americas-rationale-and-greatness Nov 9, 2022 "I agree that John Adams, who has become “virtually an asterisk in history books today,” is inadequately celebrated. He played a leading role in our Revolution and the beginnings of constitutional government. He wrote a Stamp Act protest that became a model for other protests. He outlined principles of liberty for Americans on the cusp of independence. He helped write the May 10, 1776, resolutions declaring America independent, and defended the Declaration of Independence before Congress. He composed most of the Massachusetts Constitution (the oldest still in use in the world), acclaimed for its bill of rights. His A Defense of the Constitutions of Government of the United States was often cited in the Constitutional Convention." American Institute for Economic Research

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-united-states/demand-for-a-bill-of-rights.html May 5, 2012 "I will now add what I do not like. First the omission of a bill of rights. . . .Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, December 20, 1787" Library of Congress