It is a document that ensures our freedoms. It is the model and envy of countries throughout the word.
We use the Bill of Rights every day, perhaps without realizing it. If we attend a church of our choice, if we speak out against government, we’re using it. If we assemble, if we keep a firearm, if we read this newspaper, or others like it, or go online, we’re using it. That’s the Bill of Rights silently in effect. The Bill of Rights also prohibits unreasonable search and seizure, cruel and unusual punishment, and prohibits the federal government from depriving any person of life, liberty, property without due process of law. It prevents someone from making self-incriminating testimony; it compels the courts to provide to the accused, a speedy trial with an impartial jury.
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The Bill of Rights certainly merits a “day” of recognition. When in Washington, it’s located in the Rotunda of the National Archives building. It is one of most precious tenets of American freedom.
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