Archer
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That the pretended power of suspending the laws or the execution of laws by regal authority without consent of Parliament is illegal; That the pretended power of dispensing with laws or the execution of laws by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal; That the commission for erecting the late Court of Commissioners for Ecclesiastical Causes, and all other commissions and courts of like nature, are illegal and pernicious; That levying money for or to the use of the Crown by pretence of prerogative, without grant of Parliament, for longer time, or in other manner than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal; That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king, and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal; That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of Parliament, is against law; That the subjects which are Protestants may have arms for their defence suitable to their conditions and as allowed by law; That election of members of Parliament ought to be free; That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament; That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted; That jurors ought to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders; That all grants and promises of fines and forfeitures of particular persons before conviction are illegal and void; And that for redress of all grievances, and for the amending, strengthening and preserving of the laws, Parliaments ought to be held frequently. You can see several amendments to our US Constitution have their roots in the rights codified in the English Bill of Rights, 1689 100 years earlier. The fifth item has a parallel in our 1st Amendment. The seventh item has parallels to our 2nd Amendment. The ninth item has parallels again in our 1st Amendment. The tenth item has parallels in our 8th Amendment. The eleventh item has parallels in our 6th amendment The twelfth item has parallels in our 5th Amendment That makes 6 parallels between the English Bill of rights 1689 and the US Constitution 1787 roughly 100 years apart. as to your "You`ve got to show us where is says the founders wanted the government attacked by the armed populous and who said it. " WTF ???? Put down the crack pipe!!!!!! where did I infer such a thing?
< Message edited by Archer -- 2/28/2009 10:22:05 PM >
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