Posted on 12/15/2021 8:29:58 AM PST by rktman
Today marks the 230th Anniversary of the passing of the Bill of Rights, Dec 15, 1791.
The founding fathers originally intended the Bill of Rights to be an additional shield against federal tyranny, reinforcing the clear limits that the Constitution already had put in place. Like Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings, who proclaims to the ancient demon, "You Shall Not Pass," the Bill of Rights was to be an instrument that States and individuals would use to proclaim the same message to the national government.
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Most people do not realize that the Bill of Rights has a preamble of its own. This preamble is usually not included in the printed version of the Constitution, but it clearly sets forth the purpose for which the Bill of Rights was passed.
The States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added[.]
The founders knew that the greatest threat to the liberty of the people was a national government that would constantly attempt to expand its powers.
They stated this clearly again in the 10th Amendment.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
This amendment is completely ignored by the federal government today. But, thankfully, we are seeing States re-exert this right, the State of Florida being the pre-eminent example at this time.
So on this Bill of Rights Anniversary Day, "what are we to do?"
Well, first, master a summary of what the Bill of Rights articulates for you as a U.S. citizen. These ten statements are unique in all the world. Know them, cherish them, fight for them, and share them with others.
A summary of the Bill of Rights:
1. Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and to challenge those in government.
2. Freedom to own a gun to protect yourself and your family from others and the government.
3. Freedom from being forced to cover expenses of military or a police force directly out of your pocket.
4. Freedom from being spied upon or being forced to give up personal info.
5. Fair justice that includes due process of the law, no self-incrimination, and no kangaroo courts.
6. Fair justice with a speedy, public trial and the assumption of innocence and ability to see your accuser.
7. Fair justice with trial by an unbiased jury of fellow citizens.
8. Fair justice including no excessive bail or cruel and unusual punishment.
9. People retain all unnamed rights.
10. States and the people retain all unnamed rights — the federal government's power is only what has been granted to it in writing.
Once you have mastered this summary, get and read a full copy of the Bill of Rights. Share these ideas with others. And when the fight comes to your door in your local school or local community, get together with others, and take the shield of the Bill of Rights, and take a stand.
Happy birthday BOR.
According to brandon, the above are not "absolute" so.....
How long did it live?
The written word is no longer the law.
The law is whatever the government says is the law.
229
It would have been 230 years old today if the Constitution had not been abrogated on Usurpation Day, January 20, 2009.
Murdered by ALL of our elected AND appointed.
The children of foreigners are PRECISELY who the founders were excluding as they are born with divided citizenship, loyalties and allegiances.
Obama admitted he was born a British subject/Kenyan national from his British subject/Kenyan national father.
“The written word is no longer the law.
The law is whatever the government says is the law.”
And the public barely notices.
The Bill of Rights does not grant rights, it codifies rights that are GOD given.
What is this Bill of Rights thing? Never heard of it before.
We beat the Nazis.
We defeated the Soviets.
Now we have become them
And Congress just obliterated the 4th amendment with obtaining Trumps Tax returns as a private citizen. The courts just upheld this.
Alexander Hamilton didn't want a bill of rights because he felt it would clutter up a terse (4000 words) constitution, and he also felt that there were so many rights that they simply couldn't all be enumerated.
Several states ratified under the condition that there would be a bill of rights eventually, but James Madison, by this time our first Speaker of the House, pointed out that under the law, ratification was an up-or-down act that couldn't be modified by attached conditions. At this point, Madison thought the issue had been settled in Hamilton's favor. But then two states applied to Congress for a Convention of the States under the terms of Article V that was unrestricted in purview. This lit a fire under Madison.
James Madison sat down with quill pen and hemp paper, and wrote 17 amendment proposals. Congress combined them, reduced their number to 12, and slammed them through both Houses by the necessary two thirds majority. Ten of those amendment proposals were slam-dunked through the ratification process by the necessary three fourths of the states. These we know today as the Bill of Rights.
The 11th proposal pertained to the size of the House of Representatives as the country grew. It still sits out there without enough ratifications to get it into the Constitution because Congress fixed the problem through legislation in the 19th Century.
The 12th proposal, known at the time as "Madison's Salary Grab Amendment," was finally ratified as the 27th Amendment in 1992.
We need an amendment to address voting. One county=one electoral vote. Then each county would have a voice. LOL! Kind of the reverse of what we have now where the ginormous population centers determine the outcome. For the most part. Not everybody will be happy no matter what.
Sigh. I remember the Bill of Rights. The 230th birthday, huh?
I’d like to go put some flowers on its grave. Where do you suppose it’s buried?
The DC Gulag for conservatives reminds us daily how the Uniparty destroyed the Bill of Rights for over half the people in the country.
RIP the US Bill of Rights!
Oh yeah, the big bicentridecenial.
RIP
Thank you Lord for the founding fathers who put together the Bill of Rights. They were so fore-sighted that they covered the most important things. The 10th Amendment will shut down the Roe vs Wade decision which goofball Harry Blackmun put together. The 2nd Amendment is so very important. The first Amendment goes without saying. Thanks again God!!!
It's a good thing for us that the little bastard was never more than a background character riding the coattails of the men who mattered.
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