I started my assignment by really reading over the Bill of Rights and thinking really hard. It occurred to me that this was going to be a very tough assignment. Though I don’t think that a lot of the Amendments are upheld much anymore‚ such as freedom of speech‚ I could not think of any that needed to be removed or changed. So I started thinking about things that I thought should be added. It came to my attention that I shouldn’t try of think of things that should be added because of personal reasoning
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Justifying the Bill of Rights Jennifer Kay Holbrook Leg107 Queen Meheux May 5‚ 2013 Strayer University [i] Abstract The Bill of Rights is a vital document to the freedoms that are afforded us as citizens of the United States of America. In order to have order within a society laws must be enacted to protect and defend the citizens within. Justifying the Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights was written quite a while ago and it is more relevant
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establish goals and rights of the American people. Two years later the Bill of Rights was published with the personal liberties of colonists. These articles were written with good intentions‚ but even today are taken out of context‚ twisted‚ and ignored. The United States Constitution begins a preamble to the Bill Of Rights. This states the purpose of the Bill of Rights‚ which is to “prevent misconstruction or abuse of it’s powers”. It then goes into the actual Bill of Rights and it’s ten amendments
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purpose of the Bill of Rights is to protect individual liberties even if a people want to take them away. On December 15‚ 1791 the Bill of Rights was put into effect. It was written by James Madison and still ensures everyone their liberties. The Bill of Rights includes ten amendments‚ each one giving you a different right as a human. My favorite rights from the Bill of Rights are freedom of religion‚ freedom of speech‚ and the right against search and seizure because they give me the right to practice
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The entire Bill of Rights was created to protect the rights that the original citizens believed were naturally theirs. If the Bill of Rights were not added to the U.S. Constitution‚ we would not have our unalienable rights protected by the government. With the Bill of Rights‚ citizens of the United States are ensured that their freedoms are secure and can not be taken away. The Bill of Rights is essential to our everyday life‚ giving us freedom of speech‚ freedom of religion‚ the right to own guns
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October 2013 “Body Paragraphs” PARA 1: I believe animals do not need a Bill of Rights because they already have plethora of laws that protect all of their basic needs. For example‚ Germany has already passed laws to protect the basic rights of Ape’s. In the article “primates” they said‚ “The Green Party in Germany is preparing two bills supporting the Great Ape Project”(Yong). Another way that animals already have their rights protected is‚ Dogs have shelters and pounds to go to if they have no home
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Introduction The Right to Information Bill was passed by the Parliament on 13th May 2005. The Bill got the Presidential assent on 15th June 2005 to become the Right to Information Act‚ 2005. It is an Act to provide for freedom to every citizen to secure access to information under the control of public authorities‚ consistent with public interest‚ in order to promote openness‚ transparency and accountability in administration and in relation to matters connected there with. To bring about transparency
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Bill of Rights Poem The Bill of Rights consisted of the first ten‚ These little guys would be the first to amend‚ Number one would clearly be the freedom of speech‚ To be able to speak your mind‚ to be able to preach‚ Mr. Two says we should be able to own a gun‚ But let’s not shoot to harm‚ just to simply have fun‚ Three would surely guarantee‚ That noone would come into your home‚ not even the army‚ Neighboring three would be Mr. Four‚ Having the same ideas‚ they would not allow anyone
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THE DYING PERSON’S BILL OF RIGHTS 1. I have the right to be treated as a living human being until I die. 2. I have the right to maintain a sense of hopefulness‚ however‚ changing its focus may be. 3. I have the right to be cared for by those who can maintain a sense of hopefulness‚ however changing this might be. 4. I have the right to express my feelings and emotions about my approaching death in my own way. 5. I have the right to participate in decisions concerning my
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freedom of speech has been a civil liberty to all Americans. Our founding fathers wrote the Bill of Rights to protect citizens from the government‚ and restricting what we can or can’t say is unconstitutional. Freedom of speech has greatly impacted America and putting restraints on our freedoms may cause many issues within society that can result in a lot more damage than words. Individually we have the right to say whatever we want and it’s more up to the other individual on how they interpret it
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