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To: driftdiver

The American Bill of Rights is based on what they DID have in England but didn’t have in the colonies.

Remember Jefferson’s words; “We might have been a great and free people together...”


9 posted on 10/02/2011 5:57:46 AM PDT by Mitch86
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To: Mitch86

It was based on lessons learned, good and bad. England certainly did not have all of the rights enumerated in the BoR, Constitution, or concepts in the DOI.


14 posted on 10/02/2011 6:50:03 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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