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    The Bill of Rights How many rights do you have? You should check‚ because it might not be as many today as it was a few years ago‚ or even a few months ago. Some people I talk to are not concerned that police will execute a search warrant without knocking or that they set up roadblocks and stop and interrogate innocent citizens. They do not regard these as great infringements on their rights. But when you put current events together‚ there is information that may be surprising to people who have

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    century‚ citizens all over America were fighting for their rights including women and those of color especially. This period marked the beginning of a long road of reconciliation and reconstruction that citizens have finally been able to cross the finish line in establishing equal rights for all of the United States citizens. Over time‚ American’s former issues regarding the civil liberties of citizens have been slowly resolved such as the rights of equality for citizens of color‚ the repercussions of

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    Bill of Rights Comparison Animal farm is an allegoric novel which has a very interesting story to it. The story is about animals in a farm and the owner “Mr. Jones”. Animal Farm allegorizes the rise to power of the dictator Joseph Stalin. In the movies “Animal Farm” and the Harrison Bergeron film they have rules some rules of equality they share and the bill of rights is a set of rules ensuring our freedom and helping us have some more privileges that

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    Why is freedom so important? What about our constitution makes people liberated from our governments’ all-embracing grasp? I ask these questions because you as American citizens deserve the right to know why “We the people” are united to secure the blessings of liberty we were granted so many years ago. The majority of our Founding Fathers were Federalists. They believed that one large government should not have absolute power over smaller ones. These men played a key role in the fight for independence

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    THE BILL OF RIGHTS Overview 1. What is and why do we have a Bill of Rights? 2. What rights are Filipinos entitled to under Article III of the constitution? Bill of Rights Fundamental characteristic of a republican system It is “a charter of liberties for the individual and a limitation upon the power of the State” Classification of Rights Natural - Based on one’s dignity as a human person Constitutional- Outlined in a constitution’s bill or rights . Cannot

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    A Bill of rights would bring Australia in line with every other western liberal democracy (State Library of NSW 2005‚ p.9). Currently‚ Australia stands alone by not having a Bill of Rights and there is a perception that because of that‚ the system of government does not adequately protect human rights‚ which in turn leads to the risk of individual rights being infringed (Feena‚ Robbins & Summers 2014‚ p. 26). Other countries that have a Bill of Rights expressed in their constitutions include Canada

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    In 1789‚ James Madison wrote the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights included the first 10 amendments telling about all of the freedoms the government and people have. To me‚ having freedom means the right to speak‚ write‚ and practice your religion. The right to state opinions and ideas without being stopped or punished is the freedom of speech. In other countries‚ people are afraid to speak what they think. If the citizens in a country do not say their opinion‚ the government will not know what

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    Freedom of expression is guaranteed in the most important document in American history‚ the Bill of Rights. Peaceful protesting uses this right and is the most effective method of bringing about change. Peaceful protest‚ on balance‚ have done more good than bad for society. To assess the benefits that nonviolent protests can have‚ we can look to the age old example of Martin Luther King‚ as well as with the more modern example of the North Dakota Pipeline protest. Dr. Martin Luther King‚ following

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    U4L1: The Bill of Rights 1. What were opponents of the US Constitution concerned about the role and behavior of the Central Government would be? The opponents were concerned with tyranny by the central government since the wound of the British Government was still fresh. 2. What did the opponents demand from the supporters of the US Constitution? The supporters demanded for a Bill of Rights that could show the people what immunities each citizen has. 3. What was topic of each

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    The Bill of Rights Instructions: The Bill of Rights is first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Commonly and collectively‚ these are referred to as your civil liberties – your constitutional legal protections against actions of the government. In the space provided below‚ please put the Bill of Rights into your own words (one or two complete sentences each). Please note that this assignment is not about right or wrong‚ but how you understand the meaning of the first ten amendments

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