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5 days ago · The Anti-Federalists had diverse concerns, such as the Constitution threatening state sovereignty and the absence of a Bill of Rights leaving citizens unprotected against potential tyranny. George Mason argued that without explicit protections, individual rights would be overpowered. Federalists like Hamilton and Madison saw the Constitution as ...
3 days ago · Constitutionof the United States. The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Proposed following the often bitter 1787–88 debate over the ratification of the Constitution and written to address the objections raised by Anti-Federalists, the Bill of Rights amendments add to the ...
4 days ago · This is Called Freedom. by Rebecca Baumgartner. A little over a year ago, in Allen, Texas, we saw the precise moment when a “good guy with a gun” became a “bad guy with a gun.”. It turns out that the line between these two different types of people (and there are only two, we’re told) is as slight as a finger squeezing a trigger.
5 days ago · The Revolution: A Manifesto. New York, NY, Grand Central Publishing, 2008, ISBN: 9780446537513; 173pp.; Price: £14.73. Ron Paul’s The Revolution is adamant on one point: to solve the problems in modern America, Americans need to return to Constitutional values. ‘In times like these, we need a return to fundamentals’ (p. 168).
6 hours ago · Independent Party of Oregon – 137,972. Oregon Progressive Party – 3,213. Others – 16,703. ^ "Other" political affiliations listed as follows: American Independent Party – 85,243. United Utah – 3,087. Forward Party – 65. ^ Includes three Independent Senators who all caucus with the Democratic Party.
5 days ago · The ratification of the United States Constitution was the subject of intense discussion, debate, and dissent during the period 1787-1789. Among those opposed to ratification were many small farmers in the North.
5 days ago · The act was seen as one of many precursors to war. 83. Louisiana Purchase: 1803, the U.S. spends $15 million to buy a large amount of land from the west of the Mississippi from France; doubled the size of the United States 84.
