{"id":336,"date":"2010-12-15T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2010\/12\/happy-birthday-bill-of-rights\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:03:24","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:03:24","slug":"happy-birthday-bill-of-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2010\/12\/happy-birthday-bill-of-rights.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Bill of Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

On this day in 1791 when the Virgina General Assembly ratified the first ten amendments to the American Constitution, the Bill of Rights<\/a> was born.<\/p>\n

I find it interesting that this foundational aspect to the republic almost certainly could not get passed today.<\/p>\n

It does seem success and failure really are all about timing\u2026<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tlt6R1KD4E0?fs=1<\/a>\n

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On this day in 1791 when the Virgina General Assembly ratified the first ten amendments to the American Constitution, the Bill of Rights was born. I find it interesting that this foundational aspect to the republic almost certainly could not get passed today. 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