To: aauhaa who wrote (2982 ) 11/6/1999 2:11:00 PM From: hawkeye Respond to of 3679
Did ya'h hear the one about the bill-o-rights?? United States Constitution A document that embodies the fundamental laws and principles by which the United States is governed. It was drafted by the Constitutional Convention and later supplemented by the Bill of Rights and other amendments. The roots of the Bill of Rights - the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution - lie deep in Anglo-American history. In 1215 England's King John, under pressure from rebellious barons, put his seal to Magna Carta, WHICH PROTECTED SUBJECTS AGAINST ROYAL ABUSE OF POWER. Among Magna Carta's more important provisions are its requirement that proceedings and prosecutions be according to "the law of the land" - the forerunner of "DUE PROCESS OF LAW" - and A BAN ON THE, sale, denial, or DELAY OF JUSTICE.* *"Irving Brant, The Bill of Rights: Its Origin and Meaning (1965); Robert A. Rutland, The Birth of the Bill of Rights, 1776-1791 (1955) Patrick Henry (1736-1799), leader and orator in the American Revolution. He demanded that the Constitution be amended to protect the liberties that the people had won by breaking free of the British Empire. In speech after speech he denounced the absence of a bill of rights in the document, arguing that the supposed checks and balances between the branches of government, stressed by people like Madison were "specious" and "imaginary" protection, mere "contrivances." His arguments and those of Samuel Adams and other Antifederalists were persuasive. Madison soon introduced in the new Congress the constitutional amendments that became the Bill of Rights.** **Robert D. Meade, Patrick Henry, 2 vols. (1957, 1969) "It seems to us that Congress, in weighing the public interest against the burden imposed upon private parties, has concluded that 10 days is sufficient for gathering necessary evidence."*** *** MR. CHIEF JUSTCE REHNQUIST speaking on the SEC's 10-day suspension authority in SEC v. Samuel Sloan (http://www.ishius.com/sec.htm ) "What a revolting development this is!!!!" **** ****William Bendix, The Life of Riley, 1957 SLUPPIES HAVE RIGHTS TOO!!!aclu.org