Review: A Copy Should Be In Every Home
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 2, 2013
Who can complain about the U.S. Bill of Rights.  There are many books that explain it.  This publication is plain and simple.  It is just the Bill of Rights without commentary.  You can interpret it yourself if you just understand what the world was like when the Founding Fathers drafted it.  The only weapon for the common man was the blunderbuss.  We didn't have semiautomatic weapons or Saturday night specials.  We didn't have super highways.  We were an agrarian society.  We were starting from scratch.  The Founding Fathers didn't want a repeat of some mistakes made in history.  The separation of church and state -- part of the First Amendment -- was created to keep church doctrine from dominating government as is the case in some Middle-Eastern nations, or the converse, the government dictating a particular religion to the American citizens as happened in England's history.  Thus, the country was built around religious freedom; not, as some people believe, Christianity.  Subsequent topics tell how the government is set up with three branches -- the Legislative Branch (House of Representatives and Senate), the Executive Branch and the Judiciary.  The Founding Fathers didn't want royalty.  Everyone should have a copy, read it and understand it.  Some other books that explain it in more detail are also recommended because the language of the era can lead to uncertainties about the intent of some clauses.