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IF YOU ARE CONSTITUTIONALLY ILLITERATE, YOU ARE PROFESSIONALLY INCOMPETENT NO MATTER WHAT PROFESSION YOU ARE IN
SEE HOW AND WHY YOU ARE UNWITTINGLY SUPERVISING, MANAGING AND REALIZING THE VANQUISHING OF THE DREAM OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS AND MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr.
Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were in France trying to engender French support for the new nation. Therefore the task of drafting the Constitution of the United States fell to their Declaration of Independence drafting committee colleague James Madison.
In 1789, Madison won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, a legislative body that he had helped envision. He became an instrumental force behind the Bill of Rights. Submitting his suggested amendments to the Constitution, to Congress in June 1789. Madison wanted to ensure that Americans had freedom of speech, were protected against “unreasonable searches and seizures” and received “a speedy and public trial” if faced with criminal charges, among other recommendations. Madison proposed a bill of rights comprised of Twelve Amendments. A revised version of his proposal of Ten Amendments was, adopted by Congress September 18, 1789. Following much debate in both legislative bodies and was later ratified by the states.
Madison firmly believed that in a government where governmental officials were, allowed to use governmental financial resources to deprive citizens of fundamental constitutional rights. As had been the case and the political policies under the…