MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THE BILL OF RIGHTS THE CONSTITUTIONS FIRST 10 AMENDMENTS
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because the framers worried they might have forgotten an important right
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because the framers wanted to make clear that basic rights were guaranteed even if they were not stated specifically
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because the Bill of Rights had to have ten parts
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because the English Bill of Rights listed nine rights
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Ninth Amendment was James Madison’s attempt to ensure that the Bill of Rights was not seen as granting to the people of the United States only the specific rights it addressed.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Ninth Amendment clearly rebutted the possible presumption that enumeration of some rights precluded the recognition of others. By its terms, it provides that the enumeration of specific rights should not be “construed to deny or disparage” other rights.
Detailed explanation-3: -Recently freed from the despotic English monarchy, the American people wanted strong guarantees that the new government would not trample upon their newly won freedoms of speech, press and religion, nor upon their right to be free from warrantless searches and seizures.