The first amendement of United States constitution: Liberty or Bondage?
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Clearly liberty.  By placing limits on government power, individuals are given liberty of thought, speech and action.
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I agree about our Constitution.  This nation was the first nation in the modern world where it was openly acknowledged that no one possesses perfect foresight, so our body of laws had to be flexible enough to accommodate future Americans and their future issues, but solid enough and based upon firm enough principles that they would not be changed on a whim.  The principles upon which our system was founded were (and are) so cutting edge that they have become a model for many countries where liberty and equality are at issue.  Under the ideals upon which this country was founded, it is easy to see why we are held up as the model against which other countries measure themselves.  However, the ideal and the reality sometimes are just far enough apart to reflect duplicity to those looking for c hinks in our collective armor.  Suffice it to say that ours is the most effective system operating for most intents and purposes, inconsistencies notwithstanding.
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The US Constitution was written in 1776.  There have been alot of modifications (amendments) since that time but are you referring to just amendments during that five year period?  If you could be a little more specific, I could help you a whole lot more.  Oh yeah, and don't forget  about The Bill Of Rights.  Maybe even just as important.  To keep corruption out of the executive branch (you know--the checks & balance system) that's going to hell as we speak?  or rather write........
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amendment X (the Tenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, was ratified on December 15, 1791. It states:\nThe 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.\nThe Amendment, which makes explicit the idea that the federal government is limited only to the powers it is granted in the Constitution.\n\n\nSo Has the fed out step it self? As in schools, abortion, marriage and so on and on. It all was meant to be up to each state not the feds. \n\nI would need to say Yes to your Question, but is it better this way. In some ways yes but many others no not at all.
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No. The constitution was written to replace the "Articles of Confederation" the United States first failed constitution.\n\nThe Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are actually companion documents.  The Declaration lays out the principles upon which our nation is based, while the Constitution is an outline of the purpose and role of the government based upon those principles.
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The Bill of Rights doesn't differ from the Constitution.  They are a part of the Constitution - the first ten amendments.\n\nFreedom of speech\nFreedom of religion\nFreedom of the press\nThe right to bear arms\nMust have a search warrant with probable cause to search\nThe right not to self-incriminate yourself in court\nTrial by jury\nNo excessive bail
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If you're going to include congresses before the signing of the Constitution, then whether or not to declare independence was the first big controversy. Otherwise, one of the first debates in the Congress of the United States was what to call the President (His Higness, His Excellency, Mr. President, etc.)
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Bill of Rights\n\nThe two states that have not ratified the Constitution are holding out for a Bill of Rights to protect individual freedoms. While Madison does not think a Bill of Rights is essential, he nonetheless agrees, as a price of ratification, to propose a Bill of Rights.\n\nIn 1789, as a representative to the first Congress, Madison goes through the numerous state proposals selecting, deleting, refining, and combining, all in an effort to produce a bill that will secure passage of the Constitution, protect liberties and yet not weaken the new government. Twelve of his amendments are soon approved by Congress and sent to the states for ratification. The last two states ratify the Constitution. Ten of the amendments are ratified by 1791. We know them as the Bill of Rights.\n\nThe quick adoption of the Bill of Rights and its continued effectiveness more than 200 years later show that Madison has achieved his objectives. The 1992 approval of one of the original amendments - which requires that Congress wait until after its next election before realizing any pay raise it voted for itself - demonstrates the continued relevance of Madison's work.\n\nMadison, in the five-year period from 1786 to 1791, firmly attaches his name to three of the great documents of American history -the Constitution, the Federalist Papers and the Bill of Rights.
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During the Constitutional Convention it was agreed (to get support for the Constitution) that one of the first acts of congress would be to draft a Bill of Rights.  James Madison was assigned this drafting task.  He substantially based his efforts on the work of George Mason who was the primary writer of the Virginia Declaration of Rights.  (Within these efforts was what would become the Sixth Amendment.)  The end result became the proposed Bill of Rights which was offered by the First Congress to the several States.
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This amendment was added as a specific response to the Anti-Federalists (Madison, Jay and Hamilton) who were arguing that they were afraid if a specific right wasn't written into the Constitution the government could infringe on it. It was designed as a catchall to ensure that just because a specific right wasn't spelled out in black and white the government would not be allowed to simply trample it. This, by far and away, was the most important aspect of ensuring that the document that framed the fledgling US government was one that decided what the GOVERNMENT could and could not do rather than a basis for what the PEOPLE could and could not do.
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The Bill of Rights consists of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.  The founding fathers knew that it would take more time than they had to put together a Bill of Rights for the original constitution so they agreed to add one later instead.
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As soon as it was enacted.  The First Amendment is a part of the US Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land.  Any legislation or law can only be a law if it complies with the constitution.\n\nSo I guess the answer to your question would be December 15, 1791 when it was passed or ratified by the states and added to the constitution.
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The rights were originally established by English common law.  Common law is based upon trial presidence.  There was a fear that the government could alter these rights.  The amendment codified the rights so they could not be changed by Congress.
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Just to be accurate, the "Bill of Rights" are the first ten amendments to the US constitution. To pick the most important one is a tough question. Your environment and background would play an important role in that choice. Guess I'll go out on a limb and say the first:\n\nFreedom of speech, press, religion, peaceable assembly, and to petition the government. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. \n\nI mean, if it wasnt for that "right", we might not be able to have this forum.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Bill_of_Rights#The_Amendments
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The founding fathers, writers of the constitution.
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Oh Big Deal! Two people decide that they want to have something going on & the Goverment steps in & say's that's a big NO-NO... & at the same time the very Goverment that's supposedly watching to protect our Rights as (American Citizens) deny the two people theire individual & Constitional Right to freedom/s of expression. Marriage is something that man created-what two or three hundred years ago, & somehow it's related to the Church??? We as Good American Citizens have many Constitutional Rights to Excersize at will. & the Church thing is suppose to be a seperate issue other then those that threaten our very exsistance of haveing these liberties. Church & states Issues should never interfere W/each other about codes of conduct/s or Constitutionalities because they are seperate. It's alway's been legal to Marry anyone because of our Freedom/s  Of  Choices written In The U.S. Constitution, & not what some hang-up that some church has on someone. Where is the wheel of shame,when it's no-one's fault for doing the right thing w/someone? I liked your question because, alot of people have been fooled by the states taht say no.
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The constitution specifically says, "The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate."\n\nThey clearly anticipated these amendments modifying the original document. In fact, many of the amendments have revised the original. Changing the election of Senators and Representatives to popular election, changing the way the number of representatives was calculated, changing the day Congress convenes, and allowing income tax are just a few of the major revisions to the original that have come about by the amendments.