Justifying the Bill of Rights Jennifer Kay Holbrook Leg107 Queen Meheux May 5‚ 2013 Strayer University [i] Abstract The Bill of Rights is a vital document to the freedoms that are afforded us as citizens of the United States of America. In order to have order within a society laws must be enacted to protect and defend the citizens within. Justifying the Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights was written quite a while ago and it is more relevant
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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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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 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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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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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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27 September 2012 Bills of Right As we know and have heard from the media and from just the world‚ we understand and acknowledge that the government is a strong topic in our society today and its simply about making decisions and understanding how those decisions have been made for us to fully understand the universe. The government sets rules and priorities for the people of the United States to follow so that we as people could make the world a better and safer place as a whole. The three important
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I started my assignment by really reading over the Bill of Rights and thinking really hard. It occurred to me that this was going to be a very tough assignment. Though I don’t think that a lot of the Amendments are upheld much anymore‚ such as freedom of speech‚ I could not think of any that needed to be removed or changed. So I started thinking about things that I thought should be added. It came to my attention that I shouldn’t try of think of things that should be added because of personal reasoning
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