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December 15th - Bill Of Rights Day
17 hours ago ago from Consent Of The Governed
" A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular; and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences. " --Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1787. ME 6:388, Papers 12:440 Today is Bill of Rights Day . To Americans, the Bill of Rights are key amendments to the U.S. Constitution, that protect our individual rights. On March 4, 1789, the Constitution of the ...
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5 hours ago ago from Breaking USA News,Hot Issues
Bill of Rights Day , Since today is Bill of Rights Day, it seems like an appropriate time to pause and consider the condition of the safeguards set forth in our fundamental legal charter. Let’s consider each amendment in turn. The First Amendment says that Congress “shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.” Government officials, however, insist that they can make it a crime to mention the name of a political candidate in an ad ...
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13 hours ago ago from Soundtrack to my Day
So I was reading Maybe It's Just Me , Wonder Man's blog, and came across the following quote: “Marriage is a religious institution. The federal government has no business redefining what it is. Governments should not be in the business of promoting a behavior that’s proven to be destructive to our society. It would be bothersome to me just personally because I consider it immoral.” It is attributed to Sen. Jim Demint, a blithering idiot ...
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12 hours ago ago from Column of Life
From Andy Towle: "He takes a hard line on social issues, passionately anti- abortion and pro-guns. He has been most outspoken as an opponent of any form of gay marriage. 'Marriage is a religious institution. The federal government has no business redefining what it is,' DeMint says. This is one issue where he doesn’t support states’ rights; state government shouldn’t have the right to permit gay marriage: 'Governments should not be in the ...
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15 hours ago ago from The Federal Observer
December 15 is Bill of Rights day, a national holiday that was signed into law by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on that day in 1941. For those who know their history, that was just a week after the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into World War Two. By way of a little more history, the Constitutional Convention opened in Philadelphia on May 25, 1787. It was a closed-door gathering of delegates from all the States except ...
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