Winner WTK Liberty Player Elizabeth C – Tea Party Youth Constitution Challenge – 2023
Tea Party Youth Constitution Challenge - 2023 NATURAL LAWS by Elizabeth C and How They Influenced our Founders as They Created the US Constitution What are Natural laws? Natural laws are a body of unchanging moral principles regarded as a basis for all human conduct. These principles influenced the Founding Fathers very strongly. According to The Constitution Leadership Initiative, most believed that natural law was a gift from the Creator. Natural law also sparked natural rights. The Pennsylvania Constitution states, “That all men are born equally free and independent and have certain natural, inherent, and inalienable rights. Among which are, [...]
June 12, 1776, the Virginia Constitutional Convention approves George Mason’s Bill of Rights. Why should we care? by Daniel Sheridan
June 12, 1776, the Virginia Constitutional Convention approves George Mason’s Bill of Rights. Why should we care?By Daniel SheridanRecurrence to Fundamental Principles, Love, and Charity: The Foundations of a Free Society – By Daniel Sheridan1776 was the year of the Declaration of Independence and constitution-making in the new states. One question Americans couldn’t answer yet: Who had the right to declare what the law shall be?Historian Forrest McDonald describes the problem facing the Patriots:“Of the eight constitutions established in 1776, six were drafted by bodies especially elected for the purpose, but they were never submitted to anyone for ratification…Proclamation of [...]
