The Bill of Rights covers all the United States and federal law supersedes state law.
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Federal Laws do not supercede State Laws unless the Federal Law is pursuant to the Constituional, it is not the Federal Law but the Constitution that is supreme.
"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof"
The 14th Amendment that gives the states rights to extend provisions under the national Bill of Rights.
There are no implied rights. The Bill of Rights states the rights directly.
Fundamental rights in the United States were established with the Bill of Rights.
Many amendments have been added since the Bill of Rights and they protect many different rights and privileges.
The first ten Amendments were ratified together, reaching ratification by three-quarters of the States then comprising the Union, on December 15, 1791. Previously, Amendments I-X were considered the "Bill of Rights". Modernly, the Bill of Rights is considered only Amendments I-VIII, because only these Amendments describe individual rights. Amendment IX and Amendment X refer to collective, residual rights reserved to the People and to the States.