The Constitution establishes the rights and obligations of the new United States government. But what about the rights and duties of its citizens? Beginning in 1791, just two years after the Constitution was ratified, the Constitution began to evolve, and this process continues today. The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights. This Bill of Rights outlines the protections citizens have from the United States government. The question raised in the title of this article is; Is the Bill of Rights, written over 200 years ago, still relevant? They certainly are and probably even more so. To illustrate this fact we will look at each of the ten amendments, rewrite each using today's common everyday language, and, if possible, discuss why this was important in 1791 and why we may or may not need this written document today. In reaffirming each amendment I will try to write it as if it were a brand new document, which is an exaggeration to say the least. Without the colonies' struggle through war and abuse by the English monarchy would one have the foresight to see how a government could take the rights of its citizens for granted? Amendment 1 [2010] Congress shall make no law restricting a person's religious beliefs, right to peaceful expression in public or private, or ability to petition the Government for resolution of grievances. Answering the question of relevance today, this is absolutely relevant. The people of a nation must be able to express themselves and have open discussions in a peaceful and public manner. The wording of expressing oneself has a lot of leeway and I'm sure that all of our current decency laws and other laws that protect p......half of the paper......the Bill of Rights on which it stands insisting that the amendments be incorporated into the Constitution and not as separate amendments. As with all government documents a great deal of debate takes place and concessions are made to get a document through the system. Perhaps this is why specific individual rights were excluded from the Constitution. Would or should these amendments have been incorporated into a Constitution written today? I think so. Once again I rely on history, the history of citizens' rights and the struggle of people to protect these rights should and should be included today. We cannot leave the obvious to the government. Obviously all men are created equal and deserve the same rights, but American history is full of inequality, segregation, slaves, internment of Japanese and Chinese railroad workers, and so on all examples of government acting on the obvious.