George Mason actually declined to sign the U.S. Constitution because the document didn’t then contain a bill of rights. Soon after, Mason and others would get their way and thereby safeguard our freedom.
Tragically, this law professor’s and constitutional lawyer’s work has shown them that the basic tents of our freedom are not being taught in our schools. They off this list of 10 things every American should know as a refresher course.
The idea that we have the natural right to preserve “our own nature” underlies our rights to self-defense, to protect our own property, to speak the truth as we see it.
The Boston Globe published an opinion piece fro ma college professor arguing that the First and Second Amendments are “deeply flawed” because they are “aggressively individualistic.” This is another trend Americans need to be made aware of.