We The People
- Why the First Amendment Is Foremost
- Second Amendment: The Origins of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
- Why People Rarely Talk About the Third Amendment
- Your Fourth Amendment Right to Privacy
- Why the Fifth Amendment Is Much More than 'Pleading the Fifth'
- The Sixth Amendment and Your Right to a Speedy, Public Trial
- What Does the Seventh Amendment Have to do With a 20-Dollar Bill?
- The Eighth Amendment: What Would the Framers Call Cruel Punishment?
- The Ninth Amendment and Your Unwritten Rights
- The Tenth Amendment and States' Rights
Your Bill of Rights
In 1789, the United States sought to make the union more perfect, drawing up 10 amendments to the Constitution now known as the Bill of Rights. In this series of ten short videos, TIME brings to life the words of the Founding Fathers and explores how these deeply felt ideas about liberty and property have evolved into the amendments as we interpret them today.