For example, an individual who holds a deed for a particular section of land has a legal right to possess that land, but may not be able to build a shooting range on it because of the danger it would pose.
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. On December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments to the Constitution) was adopted, having been ratified by three-fourths of the states.
Early feminist Alice Paul authored the original version of the Equal Rights Amendment, whose wording differed slightly from the 1972 ERA. Alice Paul's amendment was introduced in 1923, three years after ratification of the 19 th Amendment, which guaranteed women the right to vote.A Variety of Support.he House passed the amendment in 1970, then again in 1971. Finally, in March 1972 the Senate passed the amendment during the same session of Congress, and it was sent to the states. Many states also have equal rights provisions in their state constitutions.