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Which of the following elements of the US Constitution has its roots in the English Bill of Rights?

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Answer is: protection from cruel and unusual punishment

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I will list several elements of the US constitution that has its roots in the English Bil of rights :
- Theory of representative government, where we could chose those who will rule us in the government
- The idea of supreme law
- Judicial Review

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