1791 American Bill of Rights

225 years ago, on December 15, 1791, after the completion of the ratification process in the United States, the Bill of Rights came into force - the first ten amendments to the Constitution of 1787, which legislated basic civil rights and freedoms (freedom of conscience, speech, press and assembly, the right to bear arms , the prohibition of arbitrary searches and arrests, the right to trial by jury, the right not to testify against oneself, etc.).