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To: Academiadotorg

Of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention who stayed to the end, 3 refused to sign the document. One of them was Elbridge Gerry, later the fifth Vice President of the US. We should honor men like Gerry and the so-called Anti-Federalists because their skepticism about whether the Constitution would adequately protect our liberties led to the adoption of the Bill of Rights.


3 posted on 09/17/2014 8:22:25 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

Few clauses of the Bill of Rights are in effect.


5 posted on 09/17/2014 11:25:15 AM PDT by Jacquerie (Article V. If not now, when?)
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