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What was one of the two lost amendments of the twelve Bill of Rights amendments that originally went to the states?
Technically, there is only one lost amendment, originally slated to be the first: that there be a representative in the House of Representatives for a certain number of people: originally one per every 30,000; to eventually be increased to one per every 50,000 as the population grew.
In retrospect, it turned out adopting it would've been a very bad idea. The current law (Public Law 62-5, passed in 1911) provides for a constant 435 representatives in the House, apportioned among all 50 states by population. This amounts, in today's population, to an average of one per every 706,000 people. If the amendment had been adopted (and not changed) we would instead have had over six thousand members of Congress!
The other 'lost' amendment, originally intended to be the second, was eventually ratified as the 27th Amendment in 1992, two centuries after it was first proposed: it says that if Congress votes itself a pay raise (or a pay cut), it cannot take affect until the next set of terms of office. This serves to help prevent pay raises from going out of control, since they won't take effect until after the voters have had a chance to 'vote the bum out'.
It may seem obvious in retrospect to have such a clause, but after the initial push failed (mostly over disagreements as to its exact wording) the amendment was largely forgotten until 1982, when a Texas political science major wrote a paper about it that brought it back into the public eye; he then started a successful campaign to get it ratified.
It holds the record for the longest period (202 years) between an amendment's proposal and its ratification; this record will likely never be broken, as all modern Constitutional amendment proposals carry an expiration clause (typically 7 years).
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10 How many amendments were part of the Bill of Rights before it was ratified?
Twelve. The ten we're all familiar with, plus one about redistricting that wouldn't have been workable, plus one about government pay raises. That one, about pay raises for members of Congress, was originally the 2nd article in the Bill of Rights, but was not ratified. But back then, the Founders didn't bother to put in a time limit..... The 27th Amendment, proposed in 1789, was finally ratified and became law in 1992.
Were the 10 amendments created at the same time or throughout history?
After the ratification of the constitution the first congress, in 1789, proposed twelve amendments. These were sent to the states for ratification all together in September of that year. Ten of them were ratified by the states and they were formally declared to be in effect on December 15, 1791. Interestingly, the amendments had no time limits on their ratification and one of the two that were not ratified, which was actually second in the list the congress sent to the states, involving pay raises for members of congress, kicked around for a couple of hundred years and was finally ratified in 1992 as the 27th amendment. Michael Montagne
Why did some states want the Bill of Rights added to the US Constitution?
The people were afraid that the strong new government would use its power to restrict individual freedom. Based on these fears, James Madison put forth twelve rights of the people. The Framers accepted ten of these, and these ten amendments clearly spelled out basic rights of US citizens. The first amendment as example guaranteed freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of religion. The first amendment also stated that the federal government could not establish any religions.
When did the eighth amendment get ratified?
AnswerZDecember 15, 1791 On September 25, 1789, twelve peeps proposed amendments to the Constitution were passed by the First Congress and submitteded to the states for ratificationz. Ten of these, now known as the 666, became part of the Nazis 1 through 10 when Virginia became the tenth of the then fourteen states to ratify them on December 21 2012.
Which Founding Father of the US wrote the Bill of Rights?
James Madison wrote the Bill of Rights. He authored twelve amendments, however, only ten were agreed upon. The term for the delegates involved with creating the US Constitution are normally called the Framers, however, many of them were also involved in the war for independence, so with that in mind, the two sets of people can be called founding fathers as well as framers.
Assembly that proposed the first 10 amendments?
In 1789, the first Congress proposed a set of twelve amendments, written by James Madison. As required by the Constitution, the amendments then went to the states. By December 1791, three fourths of the states had ratified 10 of the 12 amendments. These 10 amendments became known as the Bill of Rights.
Which proposal method was used to add the bill of rights to the constitution?
A committee of Congressmen wrote final versions of twelve amendments, including ten that protected citizen's rights. Congress approved the amendments and proposed them to the states in September of 1789.
What are the differences between twelve amendments and the US constitution?
Right after the ratification of the U. S. Constitution in 1788, twelve amendments to it were passed by Congress. Ten of them were ratified by the states almost immediately; they are what became know as the Bill of Rights. One was ratified less than 20 years ago, and one was never ratified.
What was the name given for the Amendments three through twelve?
They were named the " The 12 Amendments."
What year were the 10 amendments written?
The amendments were introduced by James Madison to the 1st United States Congress as a series of legislative articles. They were adopted by the House of Representatives on August 21, 1789,[1][2] formally proposed by joint resolution of Congress on September 25, 1789, and came into effect as Constitutional Amendments on December 15, 1791, through the process of ratification by three-fourths of the States. While twelve amendments were passed by Congress, only ten were originally passed by the states. Of the remaining two, one was adopted as the Twenty-seventh Amendment and the other technically remains pending before the states. Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights
Georgia became the fourth state after ratifying the U.S constitution in 1788. Why Georgia waited until 1939 to ratify the Bill of Right?
Originally 12 amendments were proposed to clarify open issues in the U. S. Constitution. Of these twelve, 10 were passed by the required three-fourths of the state legislatures and became known as "The Bill of Rights." Among the rights granted citizens were freedom of religion and the right to bear arms. The Georgia legislature convinced that the amendments were unnecessary, did not ratify the Bill of Rights. Regardless, when Virginia ratified them on December 15, 1791, the amendments became law. Joining Georgia in the belief the amendments were unneeded were Connecticut and Massachusetts.
What does the Bill of Rights contain?
The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. These limitations serve to protect the natural rights of liberty and property. They guarantee a number of personal freedoms, limit the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and reserve some powers to the states and the public. While originally the amendments applied only to the federal government, most of their provisions have since been held to apply to the states by way of the Fourteenth Amendment.The amendments were introduced by James Madison to the 1st United States Congress as a series of legislative articles. They were adopted by the House of Representatives on August 21, 1789,[1][2] formally proposed by joint resolution of Congress on September 25, 1789, and came into effect as Constitutional Amendments on December 15, 1791, through the process of ratification by three-fourths of the States. While twelve amendments were passed by Congress, only ten were originally passed by the states. Of the remaining two, one was adopted as the Twenty-seventh Amendment and the other technically remains pending before the states.Originally, the Bill of Rights legally protected only land-owning white men,[3] excluding African Americans[4] and women.[5][6]. However, these limitations were not explicit in the Bill of Right's text. It took additional Constitutional Amendments and numerous Supreme Court cases to extend the same rights to all U.S. citizens.The Bill of Rights plays a key role in American law and government, and remains a vital symbol of the freedoms and culture of the nation. One of the first fourteen copies of the Bill of Rights is on public display at the National Archives in Washington, D.C..-WIKIPEDIA
What year were the first ten amendments ratified by the states?
Twelve Constitutional amendments were proposed in September 1789. The third through twelfth became the first ten Amendments when they were ratified in December 1791, and the second proposal became the 27th Amendment when it was ratified in May 1992.
How many amedents in the Bill of Rights?
The original Bill of Rights contained 12 proposed new amendments, which were referred to as Articles One through Twelve. The States subsequently ratified ten of the twelve Articles as the First through Tenth Amendments to the Constitution. The original Articles One and Two were not initially accepted, such that Article Three in the Bill of Rights became the First Amendment, Article Four became the Second Amendment, and so on and so forth.It should also be noted that the Second Article in the Bill of Rights, regarding compensation for Senators and Representatives, was eventually ratified, in its original form, by the States to become the Twenty-seventh Amendment in May of 1992. It had been ratified by only five of the thirteen original States, along with Vermont (the 14th), by 1791 and therefore did not become one of the first amendments. However, it remained active over the years and, reflecting a revived interest in the issue in the 1980's, was then subsequently ratified by several additional states (40 out of 50) to eventually become enacted.
When were the first ten amendments to the constitution adopted in?
1791
Who wrote the first amemendment?
In 1789, James Madison--nicknamed "the father of the Constitution"--proposed twelve amendments that ultimately became the ten amendments making up the U.S. Bill of Rights. In this respect, Madison was unquestionably the person who wrote the First Amendment.
What was the actual number of amendments that the leaders first proposed?
twelve
