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IT OWES A LOT TO MAGNA CARTA. ...
ANOTHER BIG INFLUENCE WAS THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS. ...
THE U.S. VERSION WAS CHAMPIONED BY AN OFT-IGNORED FOUNDING FATHER. ...
MASON FOUND AN ALLY IN THE "GERRY" OF "GERRYMANDERING." ...
THOMAS JEFFERSON WAS A HUGE PROPONENT … ...
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AT FIRST, JAMES MADISON THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE USELESS.