The Bill of Rights has the first 10 amendments of the United States. These amendments guarantee essential rights and civil liberties, such as the freedom of religion, the right to free speech, the right to bear arms, trial by jury (Due Process), and reserving rights to the people and the states. The Bill of Rights was written a while back, so these amendments are now interpreted in many different ways, and there are a lot of exceptions to these amendments. The first Amendment includes freedom of religion, assembly, petitioning, press and speech. Freedom of Religion says that a person can practice any religion they want as long as it doesn’t hurt anybody. The main purpose of freedom of Religion was to ensure separation between the church and state, and was created because the evangelical church controlled britain. Also, the federal government can not establish a religion. For freedom  of Assembly, you now have to get a permit in order to assemble. For petition and press,you have the right to petition and voice your opinions as long as it isn’t hurting anybody. Freedom of speech is voicing opinions. There are a lot of different things that hinder freedom of speech. For instance there are certain places you cannot say something, or else there will be a punishment. There are also things like slander and libel. The fifth amendment is the due process amendment. Some things attached to due process include the fact that we now need probable cause to get a warrant before just marching in. This was written because of how British officers treated the colonial citizens. Also, the government can’t just march in and has to go through the proper channels. Everybody has to be treated equal. And now there is some grey area in which not everybody is treated equally and doesn’t get the proper due process. The 14th amendment is the Selective Incorporation Amendment. It protects from the abuses of the state government. Amendments are funneled through the 14th amendment. Selective Incorporation basically ensures that states can’t make laws that infringe on the constitutional rights of citizens. Usually the states can make their own laws, but the federal government has the power to decide if those laws infringe on the rights of the citizens. The bill of Rights are still necessary to this day, but also are interpreted in many different ways now and is complicated because of the outadeness of the Bill of Rights. For example, the right to bear arms is the right to protect state militias, but is now interpreted in some cases as the right to purchase a gun in any situation. So these can cause for some different confusion.