Re: Boston Marathon - why is Obama quickly deporting the Saudi suspect?
___ July, 1776, Declaration of Independence
___ 1981 Articles of Confederation ratified by all the states.
___ 1987, United States Constitution drafted, ratified by eleven states, took effect in March, 1789.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights; they were ratified by three-fourths of the states in 1791.
The Sixth Amendment says:
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
It seems to me we have these rights as citizens because many people, more than 200 years ago, took the time to think carefully about what sort of system would work for the long run... talked with others about it, wrote down their best ideas, and won general agreement for those ideas. We inherit the fruit of their efforts.
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___ 1981 Articles of Confederation ratified by all the states.
___ 1987, United States Constitution drafted, ratified by eleven states, took effect in March, 1789.
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as the Bill of Rights; they were ratified by three-fourths of the states in 1791.
The Sixth Amendment says:
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.
It seems to me we have these rights as citizens because many people, more than 200 years ago, took the time to think carefully about what sort of system would work for the long run... talked with others about it, wrote down their best ideas, and won general agreement for those ideas. We inherit the fruit of their efforts.
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