Go to the websites listed below and then answer the questions that follow.

Letter of James Madison to Thomas Jefferson (October 17, 1788)
(http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCID+@lit(dg025311)))
A letter by James to Madison to Thomas Jefferson regarding the proposed Bill of Rights.

The Roots of the Constitution
(http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/constpap.htm)
Links to historic documents from England and early America that influenced the writers of the U.S. Constitution.

Selected U.S. Supreme Court Religion Decisions
(http://www.findlaw.com/01topics/06constitutional/cases2.html)
Short descriptions of and links to the texts of decisions in U.S. Supreme Court cases dealing with religious freedom.

1			What was Madison's main concern about a proposed Bill of Rights as expressed in his letter to Thomas Jefferson?
2			Do you see the American view toward the rights of citizens as a departure or a continuation of the attitude present in England itself during colonial times?
3			In your opinion, has the U.S. Supreme Court consistently protected the religious rights of Americans? If not, in what case do you think it did not protect citizens' religious rights?