what would the united states be like without the bill of rights?
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it would be out of control, becasue there will be no rule and more violence
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Why would you need to restore the Bill of Rights?  It's already in existense.  Will you please rephrase the question.
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the 9th amendment protects ALL other rights that aren't mentioned in the Bill of Rights. the people of the US aren't limited to JUST those rights, and all their other rights must be upheld in the court of law\n\nthat article explains it very well!
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Bill of Rights are 10 Amendments added to the Constitution to satisfy the Anti-Federalists to get the constitution passed. 1st Amendment - Freedom of Speech, etc.
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Ummmm....the US Constitution?
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Questions like or similar to this one have appeared here several times.  Other than those who ask such questions to simply get a response to see what others think, often they come up (in my opinion) because the asker (present company excepted, of course) due to a lack of education as to what the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights actually are and mean.\n\nFirst of all, the Constitution of the United States was created to create a general government (in this case a federal government) and the relationship between that general government and the ratifying States and their citizens, as ratified by the several States as representing the citizens of each of their States.   \n\nIt is not a document of laws nor does it grant any rights.  It is a structure which acts as a foundation from which laws are to be enacted which are necessary (and proper) to carry through the powers delegated to the federal government created by those delegated powers.\n\nThe Bill of Rights is the result of an agreement made during the Constitutional Convention to gather the votes necessary to propose the draft of the Constitution to the then standing Congress under the Articles of Confederation.  It first came up (by George Mason) during the discussion concerning trial by jury.  \n\nAt that time 8 of the 13 State Constitutions (the States had real Constitutions prior to the Constitution of the United States) had forms of a Bill of Rights and George Mason had written Virginia’s in 1776.\n\nSubsequent to the ratification of the Constitution of the United States and during the first session of the Congress, James Madison was given the task of drafting this Bill of Rights and in this effort he used the Virginia Bill of Rights as a guide.  His work resulted in a Bill of Rights with 12 articles being proposed to the several State legislatures.  Only 10 were ratified at that time.\n\nBills of Rights are not new to our historical roots, certainly Magna Carta can be considered a form of a Bill of Rights and there were others through the years such as “The Petition of Right [1628] and “The Bill of rights” [1689].\n\nEven so, the United States Bill of Rights is less a listing of individual rights than it is selected controls on the federal government.  This is because of the structure of the Bill of rights, that is, the first 8 ratified articles of the Bill of Rights are exclusionary articles in that they exclude the federal government from doing specific acts.  The final two articles are declarations of basic truths and are therefore controlling of the federal government.\n\nAll of this structure of government can reasonably be considered as being a natural evolution of our heritage of the Common Law easily traceable to the Great Charter of 1215 (Magna Carta) and, in my opinion, founded in the developing Common Law during the preceding 2,000 years.\n\nDuring the intervening years since 1791 (year of the ratification of the Bill of Rights) 27 Amendments have been made to the Constitution of the United States changing that structure.\n\nLegislative statutes are enacted within this structure and the constitutional structures of the various States.  Those enacted laws, in the style of our common law, evolve and produce new laws, as well as new judicial interpretations.  In that sense we do, and yet we don’t, live within what occurred 215 years ago.  \n\nIn such a system, how can it be out of date?  It has lasted so long with relatively little change because its roots and its intent and its content are focused on individual rights.
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It kinda depends on what business.  If you run a newspaper or television station or radio station, the 1st amendment is your salvation.  When it comes to a typical small business, I can't really think of one that is specific to business.  The only one I can think of that might be important to business is the 10th -- any right not given to the federal gov't is left to the states. That means states have the Constitutional authority to pass commerce legislation.   You might be able to make a case for the 9th as well, which basically says that just because something wasn't listed in the Bill of Rights doesn't mean it isn't a right.  It says that the Bill of Rights is not all inclusive.  \n\nI hope this helps.
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Bill of Rights \nAmendment II\n\nA well regulated militia, \nbeing necessary to the security of a free state, \nthe right of the people to keep and bear arms, \nshall not be infringed. \n\n\nTry This\n\nUS Constitution\nArticle 4\nSection 4. \n\nThe United States shall guarantee \nto every State in this Union \na Republican Form of Government, \nand shall protect each of them against Invasion; \nand on Application of the Legislature, \nor of the Executive \n(when the Legislature cannot be convened) \nagainst domestic Violence\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor abqdan (Above)\n\nIf YOU Read Carefully You'll See The Part That Says\n\n " the right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear arms \nshall not be infringed "\n\nA MILITARY And A MILITIA \nAre Two Completely DIFFERENT Things\n\nThe 2nd Amendment Was Introduced To The Bill Of Rights\nTo Assure The CITIZENS \nThat They Will Not Be OPPRESSED \nBy Their Own Tyranical Governments Military\n\nLightbulb Go Off Yet Einstein ?\nNO ??\n\nJust In Case \nWE THE PEOPLE\nMust DEFEND OURSELVES \nFrom Our Own GOVERNMENT \nOr OVERTHROW Our Own GOVERNMENT ....\n(necessary to the security of a free state)\n\n\n\nIn Other Words\n\nIf The GUARANTEE To Every State in this Union (Art 4)\n( shall protect each of them against Invasion )\nIs A Guarantee Unfulfilled By The United States\nWE THE PEOPLE Have The RIGHT \nAnd The OBLIGATION\nTo DEFEND Our Nation\nFrom ALL ENEMIES\nForeign And Domestic\n\nWITH OUR GUNS (Amendment 2 )\n\n\n\nGet It ??
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A Constitutional Republic with a few differences between the Current United states Constitution.\n\nNo income tax (a national sales tax on new items only "Fair Tax")\n\nBalanced Budget Amendment\n\nNo earmarks on bills (little parts of bills that send pork spending to states with out being voted on)\n\nNo entitlements!  The government will have no safety net so private charity will be depended on for that.\n\nNo public schools the government would pay an amount to all schools biased on how many kids go there Parents will choose what school is best, it will make schools compete to give the best education!\n\nNo restrictions on gun ownership to citizens who have not committed a felony
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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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I don't know of such a plan, but if it existed, James Madison et. al. took care of that when they drafted the 10th Amendment to the Constitution (part of our Bill of Rights, ratified in 1791). \n\nIt says that any powers not expressly given to the Federal government belong to either the individual states or to the people.\n\nSure would be nice if Congress re-read its own Constitution from time to time, wouldn't it?
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It's not very interesting, I'm afraid.  The proposed amendment, which was the first of the twelve, was a technical amendment that pertained to the reapportionment of the United States House of Representatives following the census every ten years.  This amendment, which was never ratified, is technically still pending the state legislatures' approval, but it never will be.  \n\nIn any case, since the first two of the twelve originally proposed amendments were not rights issues but issues pertaining to congress, only the last 10 were ever referred to as the "Bill of Rights."
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WITHOUT THE CONSTITUTION,WHAT GUARANTEE WOULD YOU HAVE THAT YOU CAN KEEP ANY FREEDOMS.THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WANTED TO MAKE WASHINGTON A KING AFTER THE REVOLUTION WAS WON.ALL WOULD HAVE BEEN FOR NAUGHT.BE THANKFUL HIS AND OTHER HEADS WERE CLEAR TO THE CAUSE.
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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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The Bill of Rights are the Ten basic rights and freedoms of all U.S. citizens.
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Not without an amendment.   Currently there is no protection of privacy as provided in the constitution. \n\nWhat we need is even just a well written LAW, there really is no need to make amendment.
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With all due respect, your stated desire doesn’t make any sense.  The ten articles of the United States Bill of Rights are written in clear language with most economical use of the language.  There are only 462 words of content in all ten amendments.\n\nIt would be interesting to know what is your intended use.  In my seminars I find that rather than summarize them I have to expand from both a origin perspective as well as from a case law perspective.  To do less is to cloud them in misunderstandings.     \n\nIf this is a class project, have your instructor contact me and I'll explain why this is not possible, something the instructor should already know.