Okay, who is the "Father of the Bill of Rights"?
2007-06-03 11:09:49 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
George Mason. Madison is the Father of the US Constitution.
2007-06-03 11:19:00 · answer #1 · answered by TheOrange Evil 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution," may also be considered the "Father of the Bill of Rights." In his campaign for a seat in the House of Representatives under the new Constitution, he promised his voters that he would energetically push for the adoption of a bill of rights. True to his word, he took the lead in the First Congress in pressing for the desired amendments.
On June 8, 1789, drawing from proposals made by the various state ratifying conventions, Madison proposed to the Congress nine amendments to the Constitution, containing nineteen specific provisions (many of which are now contained in the Bill of Rights). Madison and members of a House committee then went through the complex process of drafting a bill that would secure the necessary two-thirds approval of both houses of Congress. The House and the Senate modified some of Madison's proposals, eliminated others entirely, and added some new ones as well.
As it finally emerged from Congress, the proposed Bill of Rights consisted of twelve amendments and was offered to the states for ratification. The first two proposed amendments were never ratified by the states. (One was related to the size of the House of Representatives and the other to laws regarding the compensation, or payment, for senators and representatives.) On December 15, 1791, Virginia ratified the remaining ten amendments, and the Bill of Rights officially became part of the Constitution.
At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, delegates rejected a motion made by George Mason, author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776), to preface the Constitution of the United States with a bill of rights. The failure to mention basic rights soon became a major issue in the subsequent debates over whether or not the proposed Constitution would be ratified, or approved.
2007-06-03 18:37:19 · answer #2 · answered by Randy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rachel may have "a couple of degrees" but she can't use english grammar properly.
James Madison was the father of the Bill of Rights.
2007-06-03 18:14:18 · answer #3 · answered by brian 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Thomas Jefferson suggested it to James Madison, who drafted it.
2007-06-03 18:15:15 · answer #4 · answered by MenifeeManiac 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Read your textbook, I all ready have a couple of degrees.
2007-06-03 18:12:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋