The Bill of Rights was designed to ______.

A. ensure that national majorities could impose their preferences on the press and the behavior of the citizenry
B. simply limit the capacity of state-level majorities to impose their preferences on the press and the behavior of the citizenry
C. maximize the capacity of the national government to enact the policy preferences of majorities
D. limit the capacity of government to impose conformity costs on those individuals and minorities whose views differ from the majority


Answer: D

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