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Why was the Bill of Rights created?

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The Bill of Rights had little judicial impact for the first 150 years of its existence; in the words of Gordon S. Wood, "After ratification, most Americans promptly forgot about the first ten amendments to the Constitution." The Court made no important decisions protecting free speech rights, for example, until 1931. read more

Virginia ratified the Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791, and 10 of the 12 proposed amendments officially became a part of the U.S. Constitution. For a more in-depth study on why the Bill of Rights was created, check out Pauline Maier's introduction to The Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States. read more

Yes, the bill of rights ensures civil liberties like speech and religion, but this is not the reason it was created. The recently released constitution seemed a bit intrusive to the democrat-republicans, so the democrat-republicans began to start up a fuss for state rights (rights the federalist government cannot control, like civil liberties). read more

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