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    Question: 2 There are multiple ways that individual rights are protected in the body of the Constitution. In Article I, Section 9, clause 3 of the constitution provides that, “ no Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law will be passed.” Also, in Article I, Section 9, clause 2, individuals are guaranteed, “ the privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended.” James Madison understood the carnage these laws could employ when he said, “Bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and…

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    The Bill of Rights was created to give more rights to citizens than in the Constitution. The a bill of Rights does not help the government balance order in the US political system. The Bill of Rights gives many rights to the citizens such as the freedoms to religion, the press, petition the government, speech, and freedom to public assemble. Other rights in the Bill of Rights like the right to lawyer in court and rights not listed in the Bill of Rights but are still rights of the citizens are…

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    individual rights and the rights of the individual states. The beliefs of these…

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    The last assurance in the First Amendment is freedom of religion it states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion…” Freedom of religion is the right to practice which ever religion one chooses to practice. This freedom is very significant because it is commonly generalized as a human right. The First Amendment allows citizens the freedom to worship any god they choose to, and without the governments interference. The liberties of this law are protected similar to…

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    “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Thomas Jefferson said this when writing the Second Amendment, stating that the people had the god-given right to self-defense and protection. More guns to the people is better for the people, this will be explained in detail throughout the research paper. Leftists often claim that more gun control protects women from domestic abusers and stalkers…

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    Amendment There are ten amendments in the Bill of Rights but the first one is the most important. The first amendment gives Americans the Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Religion, the Right to Petition and the Right to assemble. The exact words from the Bill of Rights are “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to…

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    the Bill of Rights was the topic of choice. The Bill of Rights protects the rights of the people. It protects an individual from the government. It does not protect an individual from another. The rights in which the Bill of Rights protect however were not originally protected in the Constitution. This is due to the fact that the Bill of rights was not incorporated in the first draft of the constitution. One historian believed that the delegates were simple too tired, so the Bill of Rights was…

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    "The English and American Bill of Rights are similar and different in many ways, their main fall off from one another is their background and main intentions that were used in these documents. The English Bill of Rights like the American had certain rules or laws that were used, but these laws were mainly for royalty specifically the king and queen. Their power, although extremely high, was to be reduced dramatically for the sake of the people and the country. To be even more specific its main…

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    worst guys in history had said, and this is what people in modern times want to do in the u.s. The main reason for the second amendment is for the right of protection with a firearm whether its towards a tyrannical government or if it’s towards a home intruder we should always have the right to protect ourselves. A mass shooting shouldn’t affect our right to defend ourselves. Guns were used in many shootings, mainly Handguns as Handguns are the number one weapon used in shootings/homicides…

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    The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. Do you know Once Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd president of the United States and an inspirational author of the Bill of Rights said “A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference. “He believed that the citizenry needs protection from the government which is also affected in our first…

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