Why is the bill of rights important to the ratification process?

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Sandstorm

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on: Jul 16, 2013

And for those people that are annoying and say "do your own homework," this isn't homework.
Please don't give me answers like it's so cool it does explain anything!

Garrulous

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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2013

Because the Bill of Rights are the basic rights that must not be violated for the people of the United States. If a law violates the Bill of Rights, than the Supreme Court has the right to null that law for being 'unconstitutional', aka, violating the humanity itself.

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