English Bill of Rights

• Bill of Rights (English) (December 16, 1689)

During the controversy with Great Britain, from 1763 to 1776, American editors frequently reprinted the English Bill of R...

• Encyclopedia of the American Constitution
• AB-CI

• Magna Carta's Effect On U.S.

We generally acknowledge that the United States - a nation based on individual freedom, natural rights, the rule of law, separation of church and state and popular sovereignty - was founded on three great documents: The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. We should include a fourth. That document was signed this week (June 15) in 1215, in Runnymede, an English meadowland near London. It was called the Magna Carta - the "Great Charter" - and arguably no other document was more important to the development of English common law and ultimately our Constitution and Bill of Rights.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• June 13, 2011

• Celebrating the Bill of Rights

Schools and public institutions celebrate National Constitution Day each year on Sept. 17. Bill of Rights Day, which is observed on Dec. 15, is less well known. Here is a short history of the first 10 constitutional amendments and the day that President Franklin D. Roosevelt set aside in 1941 to honor them: * The Bill of Rights was proposed by James Madison in response to constitutional critics who argued that the document should not be ratified because it did not uphold the basic principles of liberty. The bill was influenced by George Mason's 1776 Virginia Declaration of Rights and the 1689 English Bill of Rights, as well as earlier English documents like the Magna Carta.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• January 18, 2010

• District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. (2008)

... is confirmed by analogous arms-bearing rights in state constitutions that preceded and immediate...); Brief for Professors of Linguistics and English as Amici Curiae 3 (hereinafter Linguists' Brief)... people." The unamended Constitution and the Bill of Rights use the phrase "right of the people" two...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Harry Reid Plays the Race Card

The answer, of course, is English-the same language used for the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights and the Emancipation Proclamation. Under the amendment, prospective citizens would learn about "key" U.S. documents and historical events, such as the Declaration, the Constitution, all the great wars, the civil rights movement, and court cases and acts of Congress exemplifying American democracy.

• Human Events
• August 10, 2009

• Commentary: Raising the Bar - Defining Freedoms

Tomorrow is Law Day, a worthy occasion for reflecting on the basis of our legal system. We don't all practice constitutional law, but the Bill of Rights, over time, has created the very atmosphere of our civic and professional existence. We breathe the air of those freedoms without often recognizing the challenge of upholding and interpreting them. These defining rights, based on the English Bill of Rights of 1689 and English Common Law principles, are so fundamental that some members of the constitutional delegation argued against the need to put them in writing.

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• April 30, 2004

• Eighth Amendment: Further Guarantees In Criminal Cases

... was lifted with slight changes from the English Bill of Rights Act. In England that clause has nev...

• Constitution of the United States (Annotated)

• Porn On the 4th of July?

It is distressing that many Americans seem to think that viewing pornography is a First Amendment right. It is also vexing to read that columnist Dimitri Vassilaros actually thinks that James Madison would have wanted to protect pornographic images or literature as free speech ("Make-believe free speech," Oct. 1 and PghTrib.com). First of all, if one considers the history of, and reads, the Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, the English Bill of Rights and our own Bill of Rights, he would easily conclude that these grand documents have nothing to do with the desires of the flesh and everything to do with political, legal and religious rights.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• October 04, 2006

• Welcoming America's Newest Immigrants: Providing Access to Resources and Services for English Language Learners

An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights points out the responsibility of school librarians in this area stating, Schools serving communities in which other languages are used make efforts to accommodate the needs of students for whom English is a second language http: //www. Supporting Students' Academic Achievement Debbie, a school librarian in Pennsylvania, describes the unique position of school librarians to assist ELL, can play a vital role in acting as liaisons with other teachers to provide tal materials to support the ELL students' academic needs.

• School Library Monthly
• Vol. 27 Nbr. 1, September 2010

• The Blog and the Ban

As an inscription on the Peace Arch marking the international boundary between Canada and the US in Blaine WA, proclaims, the two nations are "Children of a Common Mother," with similar legal systems derived from English common law. The US Bill of Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms both guarantee freedom of the press, as well as the right to a fair trial. But those two rights sometime collide, and it is up to the courts to strike the balance between them. Here, Kirtley presents a case where an American blogger strikes a blow for freedom of information in Canada.

• American Journalism Review; AJR
• Vol. 27 Nbr. 3, June 2005