In 1791, the Bill of Rights, consisting of 10 amendments, was ratified into the constitution. ... Considered necessary by many at the time of its development, the Bill of Rights became the cause for a huge debate between two different factions: The Federalists and the Anti-Federalists. ... The First Amendment to the Constitution dictates that "Congress shall make no law,"" which establishes a national religion, prohibits free speech or press, or which prevents the right to assemble or petition the government. ... Also, the freedom of press allows for the people to print whatever ideas, thought...

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It is the first 10 amendments. ... There were two groups, The Federalists and Anti-Federalists. The Federalists wanted the Constitution. ... The first 10 amendments are called the Bill of Rights. ... The first 10 amendments are called the Bill of Rights. ...

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Madison, later a congressman, drafted a bill of rights, drawing heavily upon the Virginia Declaration of Rights that was the work primarily of anti-federalist George Mason. Madison's First Amendment, modified in various ways of no great importance to us now, became law of the land in 1791" (Ostrowski 3). ... The Act was enforced against Republican papers in an effort to keep Jefferson's party from defeating the federalists in the 1800 election. ... In the end, as Learned Hand said, "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution or court can save ...

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Jefferson clearly explained to the priest about how they need not fear government interfering with their religious activities because the Bill of Rights declares that there shall be no establishment of a national church. This decision of no one main church mainly derived from the result of Henry VIII's tyrannical government after gaining more power from taking charge of religion by creating his own central church once he was denied marriage to Catherine of Aragon. ... In the federalist papers No.10, James Madison stated that "The latent causes of faction are thus sown in the nature o...

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