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To: Dead Corpse
"The whole of the Bill [of Rights] is a declaration of the right of the people at large or considered as individuals... It establishes some rights of the individual as unalienable and which consequently, no majority has a right to deprive them of." - Albert Gallatin, October 7, 1789

Our Bill of Rights was not ratified, or even written, in 1789.

You changed the quote. And you just got busted. Again.

233 posted on 06/04/2009 10:56:23 AM PDT by Mojave (Don't blame me. I voted for McClintock.)
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To: Mojave
You do know that the Legislation for the Bill of Rights was first purposed September 25, 1789 don't you? That is wasn't ratified until 1791? That it took a while, and a lot of talking by folks like Albert, to get the State legislatures to ratify them?

Mucking foron...

240 posted on 06/04/2009 11:01:50 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (III)
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To: Mojave

Well, now we know you are an idiot.


243 posted on 06/04/2009 11:05:14 AM PDT by Double Tap
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To: Mojave
Our Bill of Rights was not ratified, or even written, in 1789.

Bill of Rights, Congress of the United States, begun and held at the City of New York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.

The conventions of a number of 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: ...

Why am I surprised that you didn't know that.

248 posted on 06/04/2009 11:10:12 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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