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Amendments
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What HAPPENED
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Division of the power of government between federal, state, and local government
What is federalism
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An act that the Parliament of England passed on December 16, 1689. The Bill creates separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, enhances the democratic election and bolsters freedom of speech.
What is the English Bill of Rights
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each branch of government has the ability to limit the power and actions of other two branches
What is "Checks and Balances".
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The first 10 amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. Written by James Madison in response to calls from several states for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties, the Bill of Rights lists specific prohibitions on governmental power.
Who is James Madison
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To prevent the government from in fringing on the rights of the people
What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
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Guarantees the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and the right to petition government.
What is the 1st Amendment
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As per the Bill of Rights, the states have always had the authority to regulate corporations, partnerships and other forms of businesses, organizations and associations.
Based on the Bill of Rights’ tenth amendment, is dealing with the power to form and regulate corporations considered a federal or a state right?
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Legislative, Judicial, executive
What is "Separation of Powers"
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1791
What year was the Bill of Rights signed ?
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They feared a government with unlimited power
Why did the framers include the concepts of federalism, checks and balances, and seperation of powers in the United States Constitution?
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Requires grand jury indictment for a serious crime, bans double jeopardy, no loss of life, liberty or property without due process of law.
What is the 5th Amendment
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Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law
What did Separation of Powers mean
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First 10 amendments to the Constitution Added AFTER the Constitutional Convention; created to gain support of anti-Federalists; guaranteed rights of individuals
What is the Bill of Rights?
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Within six months of the time the amendments–the Bill of Rights–had been submitted to the states, nine had ratified them. Two more states were needed; Virginia's ratification, on December 15, 1791, made the Bill of Rights part of the Constitution.
Where did the idea of the bill of rights come from?
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Asserts that powers not delegated to the national government or denied to the states are reserved to the states.
What is the 10th Amendment?
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Ability of a state to govern its territory free from control of its internal affairs by other states.
What is Sovereignty
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Branch of government that enforces the laws
What is the Executive Branch
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The Bill of Rights itself cannot be changed. The term refers to the first ten amendments to the U.S. constitution. If there were some specific change you wanted to make, it would require adding a new amendment to supersede some element of the Bill of Rights. There is already precedent for this
Can we change the bill of rights?
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Guarantees the right to a speedy, impartial public trial in criminal cases with counsel and the right to cross examine.
What is the 6th Amendment?
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On September 25, 1789, Congress transmitted to the state Legislatures twelve proposed amendments to the Constitution. Numbers three through twelve were adopted by the states to become the United States (U.S.) Bill of Rights, effective December 15, 1791. James Madison proposed the U.S. Bill of Rights.
Who signed the Bill of Rights in 1791?
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A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
What is does the term democracy mean?
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The Bill of Rights limits the government by enumerating the rights of the people and listing the things the government cannot do. For example, the Bill of Rights states that the government cannot pass a law limiting the freedom of speech or religion.
How does the Bill of Rights limits the power of the federal government?