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To: VRWCmember
Bill of Rights, Congress of the United States, begun and held

You thought they took two years for an up or down vote on Amendments they didn't rewrite?

253 posted on 06/04/2009 11:15:58 AM PDT by Mojave (Don't blame me. I voted for McClintock.)
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To: Mojave
Various drafts of the BoR.

Any other strawmen you want demolished?

268 posted on 06/04/2009 11:31:36 AM PDT by Dead Corpse (III)
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To: Mojave
You thought they took two years for an up or down vote on Amendments they didn't rewrite?

Your prior post said:

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

Proposed amendments offered in Congress by James Madison, 1789 June 8.
Proposed amendments reported by the Select Committee, 1789 July 28.
Proposed amendments passed by the House of Representatives, 1789 August 24.
Proposed amendments passed by the Senate, 1789 September 9
Amendments proposed by Congress to the States, 1789 September 25.

So by the October date of the quote stating that the Bill of Rights asserts certain individual rights that cannot be infringed by any majority, not only had the BOR been written, but passed by both houses and referred to the states for ratification.

270 posted on 06/04/2009 11:32:59 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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