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1.  "No person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." (i.e., protect the "conscientious objector" to war)
 
1.  "No person religiously scrupulous of bearing arms shall be compelled to render military service in person." (i.e., protect the "conscientious objector" to war)
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2.  "No State shall violate the equal rights of conscience, or the freedom of the press, or the trial by jury in criminal cases." (Madison thought this was the most valuable amendment, in protecting people against the States in these fundamental ways. His proposed amendment passed the House, but was rejected by the Senate.  But many decades later the U.S. Supreme Court did apply these protections against the States as Madison wanted.)
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2.  "No State shall violate the equal rights of conscience, or the freedom of the press, or the trial by jury in criminal cases." (Madison thought this was the most valuable amendment, in protecting people against the States in these fundamental ways. His proposed amendment passed the House, but was rejected by the Senate.  Many decades later the U.S. Supreme Court did apply these protections against the States as Madison wanted.)
    
== Homework ==
 
== Homework ==
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