Sources of the Provisions of the Bill of Rights

Sources of the Provisions of the Bill of Rights,
Ratified and Unratified

The table below is based upon one from Edward Dumbauld, The Bill of Rights and What It Means Today, Norman: U. of Oklahoma Press, 1957, pp160-165.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
1	Power from people	1	1.1	1	D					2	2								1		2		3
2	Government for people	1	1.2	1	D					3	3								1		3		3
3	Right to change govt.	1	1.3							3						15			3				2
4	Representation	2	2	2	1	1	A1	N				2	10	2				2		1		2	6
5	Compensation	3	3	3	2	2	2	N				18								13		19	5
6	Religious Freedom	4	4.1	4.1	3	3	A3	1		16	20		1			12		11	4		20		6
7	Speech & Press	5	4.2	4.2	4	3	3	1		12	16		6		12				R16		16		5
8	Assembly & Petition	6	4.3	4.2	4	3	3	1	5		15					14			16		15		4
9	Bear Arms	7	4.4	4.3	5	4	4	2	7	13	17, 19		7			10		12			17, 19		5
10	Quartering Soldiers	8	4.5	4.4	6	5	5	3	P5		18				10			10	8		18		5
11	Double Jeopardy	9	4.6	4.5	8	7	7	5							2				10				2
12	Self Incrimination	9	4.6	4.5	8	7	7	5		8	8		3								8		3
13	Due Process	9	4.6	4.5	8	7	7	5	M	8	9		3						9		9		4
14	Just Compensation	9	4.6	4.5	8	7	7	5															0
15	Excessive Bail	10	4.7	4.6	13	10	10	8	10	9	13		4						12		13		4
16	Search & Seizure	11	4.8	4.7	7	6	6	4		10	14		5		8				15		14		5
17	Speedy & Public Trial	12	4.9	7.1	9	8	8	6		8	8		3						13		8		4
18	Cause & Nature	12	4.9	7.1	9	8	8	6		8	8		3								8		3
19	Confrontation	12	4.9	7.1	9	8	8	6		8	8		3								8		3
20	Witnesses	12	4.9	7.1	9	8	8	6		8	8		3								8		3
21	Counsel	12	4.9	7.1	9	8	8	6			8		3								8		3
22	Retained Rights	13	4.10	4.8	15	11	11	9				17							3			18	3
23	State Violations	14	5	5	14	D																	0
24	Minimum Value	15	6.1	6.1	11	D								7	3, 4			7					3
25	Re-examination of Facts	15	6.2	6.2	11	9	9	7				14			3, 5				20			15	4
26	Jury of Vicinage	16	7.1	7.1	10	D	A8	6	11	8	8	15	3		2				13		8		5
27	Grand Jury	16	7.2	7.2	10	7	7	5						6				6	13				3
28	Place of Trial	16	7.3	7.2	10	D													13				1
29	Outside County	16	7.4	7.2	D													13					1
30	Civil Jury Trial	17	7.5	7.3	12	9	9	7		11	11		2	8	3, 5		8	14		11			7
31	Separation of Powers	18	8.1	8	16	D				5	5		12							5			3
32	Reservation of Powers	19	8.2	9	17	12	12	10				1	15	1	1	2	1	3				1	8
33	Renumber Art. VII		9	10	E
34	Regulation of Elections											16	10	3		2	1	3		4		17	8
35	Curb Taxing Power											3	9	4		3, 9	3	4		2,3, 15		3	8
36	No Monopolies													5				5		6		22	4
37	No Titles of Nobility													9				9		30			3
38	No Other Religious Test																4						1
39	No Standing Army								6	13	17	9	7			4		10		7	17	9	6
40	Ineligibility to Office											4								17		4	4
41	Publish Journals											5								14		5	3
42	Publish Accounts											6										6	2
43	Commercial Treaties											7										7	2
44	Navigation Laws											8										8	3
45	Time of Enlistment											10										10	3
46	Control of Militia											11	11			13	1		6	29		11	5
47	Government of District											12										13	2
48	Term of President											13							17			14	3
49	Judicial Power											14	14						22	24, 28		15	4
50	Challenging Jury											15										16	2
51	Impeachment of Senators											19										20	2
52	Salary of Judges											20										21	2
53	Natural Rights										1										1		3
54	No Hereditary Office										4										4		2
55	Frequent Elections								8	6	6										6		2
56	Suspension of Laws								1	7	7										7		2
57	Habeas Corpus										10								11		10		3
58	Right to Remedy										12										12		2
59	Right to Hunt & Fish												8										1
60	Executive Council												12			11							2
61	Collusive Jurisdiction														6				23				2
62	Mutiny Bill														11								1
63	Tax Credit to States															13							1
64	State Districts																		18				1
65	Ex Post Facto Laws																		19				1
66	Appeals & Error																		20				1
67	Suits against States																		21				1
68	Effect of Treaties												13			6			24			23	4
69	Disabilities of Foreign Born																			5			1
70	Borrowing Money																			8			1
71	Declaring War																			9			1
72	Suspending Habeas Corpus																			10			1
73	District Legislation																			11			1
74	State Laws in District																			12			1
75	Recall of Senators																			16			1
76	Vacancies in Senate																			18			1
77	Bankruptcy																			19			1
78	No Third Term																			20			1
79	Pardons																			21			1
80	Command of Army														5					22			2
81	Writs in Name of People																			23			1
82	Impeachments																			25			1
83	Correction of Errors																			26			1
84	No other Office for Judge													7						27			2
85	Respect States' Rights																			31			1
86	Residence Requirements																			32			1
87	Declaring Rebellion																					12	1
88	Vessels																					24	1
89	Paper Money																					25	1
90	Foreign Troops																					26	1

Columns

Number
Subject
Madison Item
Madison numbers as proposed to Congress
Adopted by Select Committee
Adopted by House of Representatives
Adopted by Senate
Adopted by Conference and Congress and sent to the states
Ratified
English Bill of Rights
Virginia Bill of Rights
Virginia Convention Bill of Rights
Virginia Convention Proposed Amendments
Pennsylvania Harrisburg Meeting Proposed Amendments
Massachusetts Convention Proposed Amendments
Maryland Majority
Maryland Minority
South Carolina Convention
New Hampshire Convention
New York Bill of Rights
New York Proposed Amendments
North Carolina Bill of Rights
North Carolina Proposed Amendments
Number of States Favoring

Explanations of Symbols

A=Amended in conference
D=Defeated in House or Senate
M=From Magna Carta
P=Preliminary recital in English Bill of Rights
N=Not ratified by three-fourths of the States
E=Eliminated by method of appending amendments
R=Press only

Sources of the Provisions of the Bill of Rights,Ratified and Unratified

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Explanations of Symbols

Sources of the Provisions of the Bill of Rights,
Ratified and Unratified