The Sufferable Ass » bill-of-rights http://www.sufferableass.com Quietly, lovingly, judging you Wed, 01 Dec 2010 05:27:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ The Founding Documents http://www.sufferableass.com/2006/01/29/the-founding-documents/ http://www.sufferableass.com/2006/01/29/the-founding-documents/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:17:31 +0000 The Ass http://www.sufferableass.com/?p=20 The founding documents of the United States of America declare a truly remarkable set of ideals: that all of us are created equal, that we have the right to speak freely and to pursue liberty, that we as citizens have a vital role to play in shaping and maintaining our government.

In order that we in the modern age can live up to the ideals of our Founding Fathers, we must endeavor to understand the basis for our system of government, and to involve ourselves in the process of its evolution. This lens aims to be your starting point for the understanding of American Democracy, in hopes that understanding will lead to a fuller expression of that democracy.

]]> http://www.sufferableass.com/2006/01/29/the-founding-documents/feed/ 0 Bill of Rights http://www.sufferableass.com/2006/01/29/bill-of-rights/ http://www.sufferableass.com/2006/01/29/bill-of-rights/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2006 06:38:18 +0000 The Ass http://www.sufferableass.com/?p=17 The Bill of Rights is technically part of the Constitution, but it’s character is different enough to be thought of as a separate document. If the Constitution describes how the government works in technical ways, the Bill of Rights describes how the government should relate to the governed; it describes the character of the United States government.

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