tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post415016093391758823..comments2008-06-20T13:15:45.080-04:00dakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02768386460112735397noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-60537673803335991902008-06-20T13:15:00.000-04:002008-06-20T13:15:00.000-04:00Thank you to Paul, James, and Yuri (whose text follows) for more historical fun:<BR/><BR/><B>Neither Thomas Jefferson nor John Adams had anything to do with the<BR/>writing of or voting for the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was<BR/>principally authored by James Madison and ratified in 1791 when<BR/>Jefferson was Secretary of State and Adams Vice-President.</B>Juniorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399868922850358920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11923437.post-75115147832623092132008-06-19T19:14:00.000-04:002008-06-19T19:14:00.000-04:00This is beautiful. Some eight minutes after publishing this post, I get this e-mail from RudyKelly:<BR/><BR/><B>I'm pretty sure John Adams tried to get rid of that whole pesky 1st Amendment thing with the Alien & Sedition Acts and he got his ass rightfully handed to him.</B><BR/><BR/>Of course. Of course! Google it. Adams totally pushed that unconstitutional bullshit through. Jefferson contested it on First and Tenth Amendment grounds, and eventually the Sedition Act expired before it was challenged in court.Juniorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399868922850358920noreply@blogger.com