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GOVERNMENT questions

Answer 1

What is the importance of the bill of rights?

Answer 2

@SmokeyBrown if you have a spare moment

Answer 3

but from what I remember the Bill of Rights were added because the original constitution had very little in the way of citizen's/individual rights, so the Bill of Rights was created to specify individual rights like freedom of speech, assembly, etc. to protect people against oppression/exploitation from the government

Answer 4

tru dat ^

Answer 5

why do u think the bill of rights was included

Answer 6

\(\color{#0cbb34}{\text{Originally Posted by}}\) @Vocaloid
to specify individual rights like freedom of speech, assembly, etc. to protect people against oppression/exploitation from the government
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Answer 7

oh right

Answer 8

what about the federalists and anti-federalists

Answer 9

If I understand correctly, federalists supported strong federal government and argued that the Constitution, alone, was a sufficient template for government.
The anti-federalists, by contrast, thought that the Constitution did not do enough to protect individuals' and states' rights. It was due to the anti-federalists that the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution.

Answer 10

oh wow that is written well thank u, it made it easier to understand

Answer 11

No problem, I'm glad I could help!

Answer 12

i was wondering, what the importance of amendment 9 and 10 were

Answer 13

So, amendment 9 says "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." Basically, this means that if the rights of the government (as described in the Constitution) conflict with the rights of individuals, then the rights of individuals would override those of the government.
Amendment 10 says "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people." That means that, basically, any government powers not specifically given to the federal government in the Constitution become powers of state or local government.

Answer 14

ah THANK you :)

Answer 15

Yeah, of course