The Necessity of the Bill of Rights

The side I take in this debate would be on how to prove how immensely important the Bill of Rights really is. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances" is the most significant amendment of the ten amendments to the public. The Bill of Rights makes the country what it is today and most importantly, it is what makes our country have "freedom" and is probably, if not the most critical, part of the Constitution. Today, modern time needs this just as much as it did when it was first created because of the crime rate in America. Another reason Americans need these rights are because it would limit our country so much, it would almost make our country have similarities to a country based on communism.

First, an expression almost everyone refers to America as is the "land of the free." For example, let's just say that the Bill of Rights were taken away from the Constitution, it would mean that there were a limit to what we can say, what we publish to the public, and to what we're to believe as far as religion. If these rights had rights had some kind of restriction on them, people would revolt and riot because of the changes. Our country would no longer be known as the "land of the free" which would likely cause a large amount of people to leave because of the events that happened.

Second, the crime rate has exceedingly risen since our founding fathers time. Furthermore, a policeman or policewoman would almost have to arrest people left and right to enforce the law if these changes were made at this present time. Not just normal everyday people would get this dilemma, but celebrities would also too. For instance, some music artists for their lyrics in their songs, directors for shooting a film that would expose too much profanity, and limiting writers on what they write about without exposing too much of bad thoughts because of the censorship, would probably be the people most effected because of their success and accomplishments.

Third, subsequent to the other statements made to prove the necessity of the Bill of Rights, if changes were made around this time of day, I think we would have some similarities to a communist country. I believe this because