The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are collectively called the Bill of Rights. These amendments were ratified on December 15, 1791, and they guarantee fundamental rights and freedoms to individuals, such as freedom of speech, religion, and the press, the right to bear arms, protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, and rights related to criminal and civil legal proceedings
. The Bill of Rights was created to address concerns that the original Constitution did not sufficiently protect individual liberties, and it limits the power of the federal government while reserving other powers to the states and the people
