I Want My Bill of Rights, Right at www.whitehouse.gov
I was reading this and got down to where they were talking about The Bill of Rights. Well the have condensed and rewrote the first 10, without any explanation. By doing so, they have changed the meaning and understanding of them. They are not like our Founding Fathers intended for them to be. With this being our Nations official website, you'd think they would document it right.
How can we teach our youth right, if the source you send them to that should be correct is not? This has disturbed me deeply to where I have to start a movement and petition that is called I Want My Bill of Rights, right at http://www.whitehouse.gov/ So I hope if you see me out you will sign my petition, and maybe let me video you for my short film to be sent with the petition to Congressman Pence. Then I'll also post it on my video blog and youtube site.
This is not the way our Founding Fathers wrote it, and it's also nobodies business to change it without an act from Congress. If we let them make the little changes without acting, then that leads to bigger change that we can't stop. Is this is what was meant when all the talk was about CHANGE? Well this is change I don't want to see! Please stand with me and call our Congressman and Senators. Thank You
Congressman Pence Washington office # 202-225-3021
Senator Lugars Washington office # 202-224-4814
Senator Bayhs Washington office # 202-224-5623
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ version
The First Amendment provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms.
The Third Amendment prohibits the government from quartering troops in private homes, a major grievance during the American Revolution.
The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizure. The government may not conduct any searches without a warrant, and such warrants must be issued by a judge and based on probable cause.
The Fifth Amendment provides that citizens not be subject to criminal prosecution and punishment without due process. Citizens may not be tried on the same set of facts twice, and are protected from self-incrimination (the right to remain silent). The amendment also establishes the power of eminent domain, ensuring that private property is not seized for public use without just compensation.
The Sixth Amendment assures the right to a speedy trial by a jury of one's peers, to be informed of the crimes with which they are charged, and to confront the witnesses brought by the government. The amendment also provides the accused the right to compel testimony from witnesses, and to legal representation.
The Seventh Amendment provides that civil cases also be tried by jury.
The Eighth Amendment prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.
The Ninth Amendment states that the list of rights enumerated in the Constitution is not exhaustive, and that the people retain all rights not enumerated.
The Tenth Amendment assigns all powers not delegated to the United States, or prohibited to the states, to either the states or to the people.
The correct version:
Bill of Rights Amendment ICongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment IIA well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Amendment IIINo soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Amendment IVThe right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment VNo person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Amendment VIIn all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
Amendment VIIIn suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Amendment VIIIExcessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Amendment IXThe enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment XThe powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
The Second and the Forth are the most obvious. Thank You all for your help and time.
I was reading this and got down to where they were talking about The Bill of Rights. Well the have condensed and rewrote the first 10, without any explanation. By doing so, they have changed the meaning and understanding of them. They are not like our Founding Fathers intended for them to be. With this being our Nations official website, you'd think they would document it right.
How can we teach our youth right, if the source you send them to that should be correct is not? This has disturbed me deeply to where I have to start a movement and petition that is called I Want My Bill of Rights, right at http://www.whitehouse.gov/ So I hope if you see me out you will sign my petition, and maybe let me video you for my short film to be sent with the petition to Congressman Pence. Then I'll also post it on my video blog and youtube site.
This is not the way our Founding Fathers wrote it, and it's also nobodies business to change it without an act from Congress. If we let them make the little changes without acting, then that leads to bigger change that we can't stop. Is this is what was meant when all the talk was about CHANGE? Well this is change I don't want to see! Please stand with me and call our Congressman and Senators. Thank You
Congressman Pence Washington office # 202-225-3021
Senator Lugars Washington office # 202-224-4814
Senator Bayhs Washington office # 202-224-5623
http://www.whitehouse.gov/ version
The First Amendment provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The Second Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms.
The Third Amendment prohibits the government from quartering troops in private homes, a major grievance during the American Revolution.
The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizure. The government may not conduct any searches without a warrant, and such warrants must be issued by a judge and based on probable cause.
The Fifth Amendment provides that citizens not be subject to criminal prosecution and punishment without due process. Citizens may not be tried on the same set of facts twice, and are protected from self-incrimination (the right to remain silent). The amendment also establishes the power of eminent domain, ensuring that private property is not seized for public use without just compensation.
The Sixth Amendment assures the right to a speedy trial by a jury of one's peers, to be informed of the crimes with which they are charged, and to confront the witnesses brought by the government. The amendment also provides the accused the right to compel testimony from witnesses, and to legal representation.
The Seventh Amendment provides that civil cases also be tried by jury.
The Eighth Amendment prohibits excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.
The Ninth Amendment states that the list of rights enumerated in the Constitution is not exhaustive, and that the people retain all rights not enumerated.
The Tenth Amendment assigns all powers not delegated to the United States, or prohibited to the states, to either the states or to the people.
The correct version:
Bill of Rights Amendment ICongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment IIA well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
Amendment IIINo soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
Amendment IVThe right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment VNo person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Amendment VIIn all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
Amendment VIIIn suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
Amendment VIIIExcessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Amendment IXThe enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Amendment XThe powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
The Second and the Forth are the most obvious. Thank You all for your help and time.
Hello Congressman Mike Pence & Fellow Members
During some research for Boy Scouts earning their Citizenship in the Nation Merit Badge, I discovered something alarming. On the main Whitehouse website page, under the tab our Government, The Constitution, when they get to the Bill of Rights, It is written WRONG!
I find this very disturbing, and misleading. Especially since it is on the countries main website, and we had given it as a reference source. It is one of the most important documents in our countries history. I don%u2019t know who thought they had the right to change and reword it. If that is a dumbed down version for our slower society, then it should be written correctly, as James Madison had introduced it to Congress in 1789, with the other version somewhere else. But even at that, this version is very wrong in its interpretation.
We as a country have and are slowly losing our rights and freedoms, by legislation that has been passed and made law. I feel that it is my Right and Duty to stand up to this misinterpretation. To where there will be no question or misunderstanding, when it comes to Our Rights and Freedoms. So we, Americans, Citizens and Constitutes, have came together to form this Petition: I want My Bill of Rights wrote Right at http://www.whitehouse.gov/
So that you may present it to your fellow Congressmen, and have this gross and neglect misinterpretation of Our Bill of Rights corrected. I commend you for the job you are doing for us, and hope that you will stand with us.
Thank You
Richard Todd Rausch
Very, Very Wrong !!!
The Constitution is the law of the land. The Federal government has no right to change the wording of it. It's worded in such a way that it changes it's basic premise and that is that the Bill of Rights limits the government from infringing on the rights of the people and the states. It's worded as if to imply that the government grants the citizens those rights and that is just wrong. Please use the original wording on your pages.
It's entirely wrong for the reasons stated above.
the rewright is wrong. follow the way it is written..
Government Sucks!
Providing a basic explanation of the Bill of Rights is fine. Attempting to do so with out presenting the original language is unacceptable. The Constitution, as written, is law. The half baked rewriting of some White House staffer is not! If we are to correctly live by the Constitution we must always look to the source and do our best to understand the specific language with which it was written.
yes.
Ken Zimmerman
You must restore our constitution to its original wording.
As a citizen of the United States of America,it concerns me that the OFFICIAL site of the Whitehouse extemporaneously changed the wording of the Bill of Rights. It is not the White House's place to interpret the Bill of Rights.
This is so easy to fix.
Why would the government even consider changing the way the 2nd amendment was worded? Our rights come from GOD not the government. The government works for US. They had better start to recognize this. It's a founding principal of the Constitution.
It seens quite wrong to slip in changes
YES!!!!
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Do you think it is wrong the way they have reworded it at whitehouse.gov
Something needs to be done about this. Our future is at stake!
Yes it is VERY wrong. This is not what they intended when our Founding Fathers wrote this. What right do they have to take away what they fought so hard to get.
Our elected officials are supposed to represent the concerns and needs of the people of the State or District who put them in office. They should be held accountable and liable for all of their actions, good or bad, while they are in office. As Americans, we should be able to trust our leaders to do what is in the best interest of the whole country, not just cater to a handful of elitists,special groups/lobbyists who are self-serving and greedy. This is why our country is in such a financial mess. I believe our forefathers had a God-given vision of what this country was to become...Our rights and freedoms are being strategically and systematically dissolved right before our eyes, and if we who are truly concerned don't take a stand now and demand that our voices be heard,then when? "When good men fail to do nothing, evil prevails!"
Any changes in our Bill of Rights or U.S. Constitution should be brought before every American Citizen to be voted upon...The President nor any other government official nor The Supreme Court should have the exclusive power or right to change the basic fundamental and/or foundational values and principles that has served us well thus far. These are the building blocks and cornerstones that have served to established the United States of America to become the great Nation that it is today and the rest of the world envies! Read up on "The Fall of the Roman Empire," you might see some scary parallels...God bless America!
i love my country and i am grateful for all the soldiers that have defended our country but if our government is changing our founding fathers words what we have based our country upon then why send our soldiers out to war if the are wanting to change our rights that they are our their defending us with their lives. i am ashamed our government at this point. i though obama would change things for good not for the worse. to think this is what my children are going to have to deal with when they get older. i have freedom along with everyone else i am not in a prison nor do i want to live my life like i am in one. us the people should have the say so in our amendments being changed not our government!
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Yes, completely unconstitutional.
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YES! I am gratefull for our right to bear arms, which I thouht would have been the first to go since Obama is introducing Socialism (like Germany in the NAZI era.) I Can't stand that they would go and re-word everything...like what our fore fathers said wasn't good enough! I know what I learned in school wasn't so bland and heartless as this, and who know how many times they've changed it before I knew what the hell it was!
YES!!
A Nation is only as great as its Law. Our country was founded on the principles establihed by our founding fathers. Threw their wisdom we became a great nation. The further removed we become from the original content of our laws, the further we fall. Restore the ORIGINAL content! Bring us back to greatness.
I am a retired teacher as well as former consultant to the U.S. Dept of Education. Teaching young people to be informed, law abiding citizens must continue to be paramount. The "dot gov" site has misworded the Bill of Rights. With so many of our future citizens turning to the computer for basic information, I urge you to correct the inaccuracies that now abound. Please restore our precious Bill of Rights to its original wording. ASAP. Thank you.
I am a retired teacher and have always taught my students to go to the original document, whenever possible, as their source for information gathering. I was aghast to discover that the Bill of Rights, as it appears on the "dot gov" site, was rewritten/reworded. To compare the two versions and to see the blatant discrepancies from the original is clearly evident. Please make certain that these inaccuracies are rectified as quickly as possible.
There is no valid reason to change the wording Of the Bill of Rights unless they want to change the intent. I beleive that it what they are trying to do. Just as they have now changed the description of marriage in the dictionary to include same sex unions.
If the Gov. was interested in helping people better understand the Bill Of Rights, it would have first displayed the original, and then put in their explanation of meaning. Being SURE to indicate that the original intended meaning is as stated by the Founders. That the best way to understand The Bill Of Rights is to look up the words in it not fully understood, make sentences with those words until clear, and then, re-read the material! In addition, there are court cases where further discussion of the Bill Of Rights meaning can be sited, referenced, and/or suggested.
Yes, I believe it is wrong for the Gov. to lead people to have a misunderstood concept of the original intended meaning of the Bill Of Rights, as set forth by the Founders of our country. This misleading practice is not right, and should be corrected, investigated as to who is accountable for it, and then delt with appropriately. As something is very wrong with this picture.
Supreme arrogance rules at the White House. Rewording the Bill of Rights is about what we should expect from this administration.
This just the beginning of what needs to be corrected. The government has long overstepped it's legal bonds and the states are finally waking up along with their citizens of the sovereign states. We will continue to demand redress of grievences and if we continue to be ignored, the people will take their country back, county by county.
Their just attempting to rewrite history as they have been doing in our school systems. See true world history dot info.
I just read the "White House" version and the original bill of rights and I am appalled that anyone would deliberately slander our precious document this way. When someone takes the oath of office and then does something like this, is it not called TREASON?
It is absolutely wrong for anyone to think that they are this far "above the LAW". Is'nt this a felony offense?
Tyrants and traitors never triumph in the long run.
yes, it is wrong to change the wording in our Bill of Rights!
After receiving this petition and checking the government's website, I was dismayed to find the amendments "amended". If an interpretation was added after the actual amendment to help people understand the general idea that is understandable. Please print the actual amendment as stated in our constitution to educate and authenticate your website. Thank you.
I think adding an interpretation to help someone understand the meaning of the amendment is acceptable. However, an interpretation is usually subjective so allowing an individual to read the amendments as they were intended would be more accurate and helpful to Americans researching our constitution.
Dear Web site master: Please place the exact language for the Bill of Rights on the http://www.whitehouse.gov/our_government/the_constitution/ url. Or say clearly the language for the Bill of Rights is a paraphrase. Gerry R. Coleman
The language should be reworded to the actual language, not a paraphrase.
To Whom it May Concern: The version of the Bill of Rights on the www.whitehouse.gov site is incorrect and deceptive. In particular, Amendments two and four 'edited' to skew the original intent. This is misleading to anyone who is trying to understand what the Bill of Rights DOES mean. I am aware that in the last decade (current administration most definitely included) it has become a norm to subvert and attack the document that gives our government its regulations and defines its existence, but this is brainwashing. This is intentional programming and a rewriting of history. What if we all just consider Barry Soetoro (aka Barack Hussein Obama) 'almost' or 'kind of' President? Say it right or don't say it all. Respectfully, John D. Mixon
For shame on that invisible force of the banking cartel that really run this whole show. Trying to take away our Constitutional Rights. Shame on all of you! Shame on Politicians who go along with these invisible banking cartel. We the People say no to repositioning and rewording our Constitutional Bill of Rights.. We can make a change in getting rid of this invisible banking cartel, Say, Yes We Can!!!! How dare you not play fair and let AMerIcans decide for themselves on the true intent of our Constitutions words as they were orginally written..
It is an outrageous violation of and on AMerIcans.. It is an abuse of Power!!! For people who will turn to the WHITEHOUSE for PROPER GUIDANCE on learning about our Government's Structural Being, they are deceiving those people who are counting on them for the truth. SHAME ON YOU ALL!!!! OMG, OUR COUNTRY NEEDS OUR HELP MORE THAN EVER.
Who do you people think you are trying to rewrite the US Constitution? Whenever the US Constitution and/or the Bill of Rights is displayed it should ALWAYS be exact wording and NEVER paraphrased.
Never paraphrase the document that made America the country it used to be before 1913.
Words mean something, especially legal words. When you change the words, you change the meaning. Is that the real intent of this stealth unauthorized rewrite? It would seem so. There is a word that applies here - "treason".
