The Bill of Rights has gained existence since December 15‚ 1791. Being supported mainly by anti-federalists‚ the Bill of Rights upheld what was needed to protect individual liberty. From the ratification we have our first ten amendments. The most important and used today is the first amendment. The amendment states “Congress shall make no law respecting… petition the government for a redress of grievances.” This amendment is very powerful but cannot be overly abused. Over time the freedom of speech
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States‚ in order to form a more perfect union‚ establish justice‚ insure domestic tranquility‚ provide for the common defense‚ promote the general welfare‚ and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity‚ do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." The Constitution affected the United States government by giving it power and protecting the United States from absolutism. Starting out as the weaker Articles of confederation and later advancing into
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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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Other Founders: A Study of the Origin of the Bill of Rights and the Antifederalist Contribution to Formulation‚ Development and Adoption What role did the Antifederalists have in the founding of America? It is a well-known theory that the Antifederalists contribution to the founding is the addition of the Bill of Rights. However‚ James Madison is often referred to as the father of the Bill of Rights and it is often argued that the Bill of Rights did not accomplish the goals of the Anti-Federalists
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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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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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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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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 and how it affects them personally. Despite hate
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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‚ is
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