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Three documents that form the historical background to the Bill of Rights |
The Massachusetts body of Liberties, the English Bill of Rights, and Virginia Declaration of Rights |
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The reason many states insisted that a Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution |
They wanted a guarantee of certain individual rights |
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Four Freedoms that are described in the First Amendment and the definition of each |
Freedom of religion (freedom to worship in and support a church of One's Choice rather than a state Church), freedom of speech (freedom to freely voice one's opinion on matters pertaining to religion, politics, ethics, and economics), freedom of the press(the legal right to publish or disseminate one's beliefs or opinions), and freedom of assembly and redress of grievances (Liberty to publicly assemble and demonstrate or protest concerning political or social problems |
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Three purposes of the establishment and the free exercise clauses |
To prevent the establishment of a national religion, to safeguard the right to freedom of religion, to permit the individual states to deal with religious establishments |
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The lemon test |
A test used in deciding Establishment Clause cases 1. The laws must have a secular purpose 2. The law's primary effect must be neutral towards religion 3. The Law must not Foster an excessive entanglement of government with religion |
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The reason the lemon test has led to the nation's court rooms to confusion |
It is subjective and provides no stable standard |
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The reason prohibition failed |
Certain Social Circles divide both the eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act and prohibition was inefficiently enforced |
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The reason the 20th Amendment is called the lame duck Amendment |
It eliminated the lame duck sessions of Congress |
