{"id":1712,"date":"2011-12-30T12:33:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T19:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/?p=1712"},"modified":"2011-12-30T12:33:43","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T19:33:43","slug":"preamble-to-the-bill-of-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/preamble-to-the-bill-of-rights","title":{"rendered":"Preamble to the Bill of Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This puzzle came about in the course of researching the concept of natural rights, e.g. those inherent to human beings.\u00c2\u00a0 A lot of what Madison put into the original version of the preamble echoed what was in the Declaration of independence, but those in Congress at the time, didn&#8217;t like such an explicit statement about how people were entitled to overthrow an abusive government.\u00c2\u00a0 After all, they were now the government.\u00c2\u00a0 Still, the preamble they came up with says a lot about their views on government and its role.<\/p>\n<p>Even though it&#8217;s relatively short, it&#8217;s worth spending some time parsing the import of these judiciously chosen words.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 For help with this, please read an <a href=\"http:\/\/adask.wordpress.com\/2011\/04\/17\/preamble-to-the-bill-of-rights\/\">excellent expository article<\/a> discovered in the course of doing the aforementioned research.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\">            <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n                table.cf7-db-table {\r\n                    margin-top: 1em;\r\n                    border-spacing: 0;\r\n                    border: 0 solid gray;\r\n                    font-size: x-small;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                br {\r\n                                        mso-data-placement: same-cell;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table th {\r\n                    padding: 5px;\r\n                    border: 1px solid gray;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table th > td {\r\n                    font-size: x-small;\r\n                    background-color: #E8E8E8;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table tbody td {\r\n                    padding: 5px;\r\n                    border: 1px solid gray;\r\n                    font-size: x-small;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table tbody td > div {\r\n                    max-height: 100px;\r\n                    overflow: auto;\r\n                }\r\n            <\/style>\r\n            \r\n        <table id=\"cftble_536745093\" class=\"cf7-db-table\" >\r\n            <thead>\r\n                        <tr>\r\n            <th title=\"puzzle-solver\"><div id=\"Contact form 1,puzzle-solver\">puzzle-solver<\/div><\/th>            <\/tr>\r\n                        <\/thead>\r\n            <tbody>\r\n                            <tr>\r\n                <td title=\"puzzle-solver\"><div id=\"1325282308.1889,puzzle-solver\">Claire<\/div><\/td><\/tr>            <\/tbody>\r\n        <\/table>\r\n        <\/td>\n<td>If you have a problem with the flash working for you, you may wish to use the <a href=\"http:\/\/wwtft.com\/puzzles\/preamble\/billofrights-preamble.png\">static version<\/a>.If you succeed in doing the puzzle, we&#8217;ve implemented a way for you to get credit for your efforts! 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