Some Interesting Legal Technicalities...

Some interesting legal technicalities...

The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the US Constitution are called the Civil Rights Amendments. In addition to outlawing slavery, they ensure important rights like the equal protection of the law. And they ensure things like the First and Fourth Amendments give protection on the state level too. But we may not have them. Abraham Lincoln may have gotten too involved in their proposal and ratification. And the US Supreme Court has ruled the president must have nothing to do with the adoption of amendments.

We are still living under the Articles of the Confederation. It stated that to nullify it, the original signers had to agree unanimously. But that never happened in 1787, when we adopted the present constitution. Also, our first president was not George Washington. It was Samuel Huntington, under the old Articles of the Confederation.

Ohio never became a state. School children are still taught it became a state in 1803. But that never happened. They never filed the necessary paperwork. Finally in 1953, they hastily resummitted their application. So what were they between 1803 and 1953?

 

If you commited treason or sufficiently upset our king or queen, you could still legally be stretched on the rack and then beheaded at the tower of London.
So if you ever visit us, be careful not to upset Charly.