The last if not the most important major development in the Constitution during the federalist stage was the establishment of the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights are the first 10 amendments that were originally created as a compromise between the federalists and anti-federalist, as the anti-federalist strongly believed that US citizens needed protection from the central government and that these protections should be neatly and specifically spelled out in the Constitution. The anti-federalists flat out did not want anything to do with this new social contract that the founding fathers were...

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Secondly there is Common Law, which comprises of legal principles developed and applied by the courts, which have grown up as accepted over the years. ... Due to this large number of different primary sources the British constitution has no extraordinary features laid down in parliament for the passage or amendment of measures of constitutional law, and therefore it is considered flexible, as all bills go through the same stages and are subject to simple majority voting. ... Although the national subdivisions of the British Isles lend themselves in theory to a Federal constitution, in which...

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However, in 1873, the equality policies, implemented in the south by the federal government, were overturned and replaced with a system of legal segregation. ... On July 7, 1964, following one of the longest debates in senate history, Johnson signed the bill into law. ... Steps had now been taken to ensure legal equality, but equal opportunity and true social equality were only theories and not facts. ... Despite the strong support for the Civil Rights Act, President Bush exorcised his right to veto it, because he felt many aspects of the bill established employment quotas. ... So, when the bi...

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Yet he was an advocate of states' rights and he opposed the kind of centralized power that would be required to end slavery by legal action. ... Jefferson also opposed the omitting of the "Bill of Rights" (pg. 429). Jefferson believed that a bill of rights was what the people were entitled to against every government on earth. And Jefferson believed that "no just government should refuse" (pg. 430), a bill of rights. ... The Bill of Rights is the first Ten Amendments to the U.S. ...

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.# As a supporter of state's rights and slavery, he helped form the Peace Democrats. ... Both Lincoln and Garfield were unencumbered by military theory, and both were able to view their war with fresh common-sense practicality.# Ben Wade was one of the most radical politicians in the United States. ... Many of his attacks on Lincoln were too well remembered.# He supported votes for women, trade union rights and equal civil rights for African Americans. ... In 1864, Wade sponsored a bill that provided for the administration of the affairs of southern states by provisional governors un...

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Even just isolating these tax and military problems as part the issues colonists were made to deal with there was essentially nothing they could do, the British legal system (referenced in the declaration of independence) was mock-enforced conveniently for the British agents so as they would receive little or no punishment leaving early Americans feeling as though justice has not been served but rather they were jerked off. ... But with the agreement that personal liberties would be addressed in the form of a bill of rights all states agreed to the new form of government. To lead the new gov...

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Within the last century, American courts, especially the Supreme Court, have developed a set of legal doctrines which includes the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and its' amendments, to thoroughly protect our rights as US citizens. Though we know this country was founded on the principles of representing its' citizens, and the idea of a nation for the people, by the people; it's obvious that most Americans take their "God-given rights- for granted. ... For this equality to occur, all people must be subject to the same laws, have equal civil rights, and be allowed to freely ex...

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