 The   Bill of Rights had little impact on judgements by the courts for the first 130 years after ratification.
<meaning-changed>  The   Bill of Rights had little impact on judgements by the courts for the first 130 years after ratification.
 The 'Three-Fifths Compromise' allowed the southern slaveholders to consolidate power and maintain slavery in America for eighty years after the ratification of the Constitution."We Hold These Truths to be Self-evident;" An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Roots of Racism Bill of Rights had little impact on judgements by the courts for the first 130 years after ratification.