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    The Salem Witch Trials and the 6th Amendment History 115 Thomas Richards April 11‚ 2012 A little 9-year-old girl named Betty and her older cousin giggle as they hurry home. It ’s getting late and it looks like it might snow. They whisper back and forth about what they have recently learned. The local fortuneteller had just informed them of the trade in which their future husbands would be employed. But they must hurry back before someone notices their absence‚ or

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    Why is the Bill of Rights Important? What is the Bill of Rights? The Bill of Rights is your unalienable rights. You receive these rights at birth and they cannot be taken away. For several states the only way that they would be given the ratification of the constitution was if or when a Federalist supporter promised to add a BIll of Rights. Anti federalist like George Mason feared an overly powerful Government. The first congress assembled in 1789‚ they immediately started deciding whether or

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    The US Bill of Rights‚ written in 1791‚ was to further explain what the relationship between the people and their government should be. This in return extended the policy of due process of law which was crucial to have a fair relationship between government and the people. Due process of law takes power away from the government by making them go through a process to proceed with certain actions. The government’s limitations are written in the excerpts in the document. One excerpt from the US Bill

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    allowed medicines that cure or treat chronic illnesses due to the sacrifices made by animals‚ yet we treat them with disrespect because we see them as inferior. An Animal Bill of Rights is necessary. Animals should be protected as much as human beings are‚ because without them we may not even be alive. If an Animal Bill of Rights is the incentive for humans to treat animals with respect‚ then so be it. Animals do have feelings. In “A Change of Heart about Animals”‚ Jeremy Rifkin highlights the fact

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    Bill of Rights and Amendments NAME HIS/301 AUGUST 15‚ 2013 Professor Bill of Rights and Amendments Although the Constitution was written primarily to define and represent the ideals and dreams of men for freedom of life; liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness‚ there were many imperfections because of the compromises required to get the document ratified by the states involved. Amendments to the Constitution were added to correct these deficiencies‚ including the Bill of Rights and the first 10 amendments

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    Derek Matthew Gonzales Per 5 Bill of Rights What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights? The purpose of it is to save the Anti-Federalists because from the beginning‚ they thought that the Constitution favored a central government too heavily. They did not agree that the balance of power provided for by the Constitution prevented one branch from becoming too powerful. They were scared that the Congress and the court system were too far removed from the people of the nation and

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    1.Introduction The Bill of Rights was created by James Madison. The website‚ “Bill of Rights‚” defines what the Bill of Rights really means: “The first 10 amendments to the constitution make up the bill of rights.” The Bill of Rights protects our natural rights. The Federalists argued that this was not necessary but the Anti-Federalist thought it was: “Federalists argued that the Constitution did not need a bill of rights‚ because the people and the states kept any powers not given to the federal

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    Constitution; however‚ Chief Justice John Marshall saw the controversy of Marbury v. Madison as an unacceptable instance of unconstitutional applied laws. In Marbury v. Madison‚ the issue of whether or not the U.S. Supreme Court could hear William Marbury ’s suit against Secretary of State‚ James Madison‚ was questioned. The Constitution defines the U.S. Supreme Court jurisdiction:</p> <p>In all Cases affecting Ambassadors‚ other public Ministers and Consuls‚

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    the other hand‚ anti-federalists‚ back country people or people involved in business but not in the mercantile economy‚ opposed the ratification of the constitution. The two sides‚ after much debate‚ were able to come to a compromise after the Bill of Rights was included into the Constitution. When the new Constitution was drafted‚ the ratification‚ the official approval by the people of the United States‚ sparked a national debate. People were shocked by the radical changes it proposed; they expected

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    Magna Carta or Bill of Rights the U.S would be hectic because the federal government would have more power and they would be able to do things unfairly. The Magna Carta influenced our most cherished document the Bill of Rights in two noble ways; individual freedom‚ and by restricting the power of the government. One belief that although‚ the Magna Carta and Bill of Rights were two completely discrete documents‚ they are both still comparable in particular ways. The Bill of Rights‚ evidently states

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