Justifying the Bill of Rights Professor Maria Toy‚ J.D. LEG107 The amendments to the United States Constitution play an important role in the history‚ politics and law of our country. When the Bill of Rights was originally proposed to the First Federal Congress in 1789 by James Madison‚ the intent was for the amendments to be integrated into the original text of the Constitution. As we now know‚ Madison’s idea did not prevail and Congress decided the first ten amendments and the subsequent
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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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The Bill of Rights On December 15‚ 1791‚ an important bill was ratified to the United States Constitution. The bill consisted of ten amendments written by James Madison. This bill later became known as the Bill of Rights because each amendment in the bill protected the rights of every citizen. The Bill of Rights has been a major part of United States history‚ and is still frequently used today. The Bill of Rights is an important bill that protects the basic rights of humans and has been used consistently
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the U.S. Constitution. When creating a constitution for our nations‚ certain citizens wanted to guarantee that there would be a Bill of Rights included in it. These people were called the antifederalist‚ and they wanted a Bill of Rights to assure that their individual rights would not be taken out of their possession. One reason why the antifederalist wanted a Bill of Rights is because it would be able to limit the power of the government. They believed if they gave too much power to the federal government
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* * * * * * * * Bill of Rights and Amendments NAME........... HIS/301 25 July 2013 Mark Durfee MBA‚ MA‚ M.Ed * Bill of Rights and Amendments * The original U.S. Constitution did not contain a Bill of Rights. This was added at a later date at which time Amendments were also added. Since the creation of this original document there have been several alterations and additions to the Constitution. How these amendments are included and why they were
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On December 15th‚ 1791 the ten official Bill of Rights were added to the constitution. These additions added rights for the people‚ but before one can fully understand the Bill of Rights they must examine the reasons that the Bill of Rights were added to the Constitution. Most people like to be protected. Protection makes a person feel safe in daily life. As a human being‚ rights are must. Rights allow you to be people to be who they are. Freedom and liberty are basic wants of most every human being
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Progressivism Between 1870 and 1920 a population shift occurred from rural to urban. Early immigrants and new immigrants differed greatly in many areas. Urbanization lead to changes in technology such as transportation‚ water power‚ steam power‚ and machinery. Though city dwellers received technology first‚ this technology allowed for people to live outside the city and still work there. The industry was dominated by large companies‚ who supplied work. America had several problems during the urbanization
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The Bill of Rights was written by James Madison. Its purpose was to define the basic rights of the citizens. A total of ten amendments were added to the new Constitution for the protection of individual liberty. During its ratification‚ the Bill of Rights would be fiercely debated by the Antifederalists and Federalists. The debate was about whether enumerating some rights makes all other rights not enumerated illegitimate. The Antifederalists claimed that a man who was alone in the countryside
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