Thursday, December 15, 2011

Happy Bill of Rights Day!

I'm slow getting this up, but today is Bill of Rights Day.  We really should celebrate that in the United States we are guaranteed these rights.  Here is a source of more information: http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Constituting-America---It-s-Bill-of-Rights-Day.html?soid=1103010792513&aid=bfyBppbUVuA

Want to try your hand at ratifying some amendments?  These "votes" are nonbinding, but it's interesting to participate in, because it has similarities to the ratification of our United States Constitution when an attempt was made to involve as many citizens  as possible in the ratification process.  (Note: At that time voting citizens would have all been adult males.)
Go to http://www.npr.org/2011/12/14/143648941/interactive-join-our-constitutional-convention?sc=fb&cc=fp 

And the outcome: http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/12/20/144016912/we-the-people-npr-readers-would-ratify-four-new-amendments?sc=fb&cc=fp 

More on The Bill of Rights: 
http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/2011/12/protecting-liberty-means-knowing-your-bill-rights/2018572