Pyrolitical » bill of rights http://www.pyrolitical.com Politics, Principles, and Liberty Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:24:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 2008 comments@pyrolitical.com (Pyrolitical.com) comments@pyrolitical.com (Pyrolitical.com) Politics 1440 politics, news, principles, freedom, liberty, revolution, constitution, independence Burning Concepts Podcast: Learn about the principles of government and how they relate to you. Politics, Principles, and Liberty Pyrolitical.com Pyrolitical.com comments@pyrolitical.com No no http://www.pyrolitical.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/podcast-banner-sm.png Pyrolitical http://www.pyrolitical.com 144 144 Preamble of Rights http://www.pyrolitical.com/2010/02/preamble-of-rights/ http://www.pyrolitical.com/2010/02/preamble-of-rights/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:17:33 +0000 Bdoga http://www.pyrolitical.com/?p=1709

Did the original Bill of Rights have a preamble?

Answer: Yes

Additional Question: Name two things it said the Bill of Rights was designed to achieve.

Answer: 1. To prevent misconstruction or misinterpretation of the Founders’ original intent.

2. To further protect the people from governmental abuse by setting forth several important restrictive clauses.

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billofrightsMany of the states proposed amendments to the Constitution at the same time they ratified it. How many amendments were suggested by the states – 10, 56, or 189?

Answer: 189 (Of course, a number of those amendments were duplicate proposals from different states. Others were trivial or were merely of local importance.)

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billofrightsHow many amendments are contained in the Bill of Rights?Answer: Ten.

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Suppose someone circulates a petition to have an important government official impeached. According to the Bill of Rights, does Congress have the power to pass a law prohibiting the circulation of such a petition?

Answer: No (the First Amendment)

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