Original sentence: It generally seeks to limit the powers of government and defends what it sees as the original intention of the U.It was founded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1958 to fight what it saw as growing threats to the Constitution of the United States, especially a suspected Communist infiltration of the United States government, and to support individual rights and private property.The John Birch Society opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act in the belief that it was in violation of the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution and overstepped the rights of individual states to make laws regarding Civil Rights
Edited sentence: It generally seeks to limit the powers of government and defends the original intention of the U.It was founded in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1958 to fight growing threats to the Constitution of the United States, especially a suspected Communist infiltration of the United States government, and to support individual rights and private property.The John Birch Society opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act because it is in violation of the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution and overstepped the rights of individual states