"The English Bill of Rights"

An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown

Whereas the late King James the Second, by the assistance of divers evil counsellors, judges and ministers employed by him, did endeavour to subvert and extirpate the Protestant religion and the laws and liberties of this kingdom;

By assuming and exercising a power of dispensing with and suspending of laws and the execution of laws without consent of Parliament;

By committing and prosecuting divers worthy prelates for humbly petitioning to be excused from concurring to the said assumed power;

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Question
Use the passage to answer the question.

The first section of the Bill of Rights is dedicated to outlining the king’s abuses of power. What is the function of the second section, which begins “That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction are illegal and void”?

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Responses

to encourage citizens to get involved in government
to encourage citizens to get involved in government

to instill confidence in the government
to instill confidence in the government

to provide guidance on how to make the government better
to provide guidance on how to make the government better

to explain why the king is wrong