King John signs the Magna Carta in 1215 Image via Wikipedia
Three freshman New Hampshire representatives have introduced legislation entitled “AN ACT requiring a reference to the Magna Carta on certain legislation.” The bill would require:
All members of the general court proposing bills and resolutions addressing individual rights or liberties shall include a direct quote from the Magna Carta which sets forth the article from which the individual right or liberty is derived.
First, as I recall from junior high, the Magna Carta is English law. England being an entirely different country. Second, the Magna Carta came as a result of the 99% occupying London and demanding concessions from King John. Finally, being 796 years old, the Magna Carta is full of wacky outdated ideas like this: “No one shall be arrested or imprisoned upon the appeal of a woman, for the death of any other than her husband.”
New Hampshire HB 1580 will be remembered as another example in the “why we shouldn’t elect jackasses” saga.
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By: Miles to Go and Promises to Keep | A Feather Adrift on January 6, 2012
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