1. Constitutional Amendements
The First Amendment – indeed the entire Bill of Rights – was not included in the Constitution when it was written in 1787. ... First of all, Parliament wanted them to pay the expenses of housing the troops in America. ... In 1604, in the famous Semayne's Case, the Judge, Sir Edward Coke, first identified this right. ... Magna Carta was the first English document that placed restrictions on the sovereign from violating certain agreed upon rights of the people. ... Specifically, it confirms the right to vote and lists conditions that are illegal to deny another person the ...
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