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Bill of Rights 2018 Editors' Commentary

Editorial commentaries on the creation of the U.S. Bill of Rights 1789

Cite as: Bill of Rights 2018 Editors' Commentary, Quill Project at Pembroke College (Oxford, accessed 2023)

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Commentaries (12)

Madison Notices the House of his Intent to Propose Amendments (4 May 1789)

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James Madison's Notice was created on 04 May 1789
Virginia's Application for a Convention of States (5 May 1789)

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Virginia's Address to the Congress was created on 05 May 1789
New York's Application for a Convention of States (6 May 1789)

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New York's Address to the Congress was created on 06 May 1789
Smith of South Carolina Opposes Submitting Madison's Proposed Amendments to the Committee of the Whole House (8 June 1789)

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Smith's Proposal for a Select Committee was decided on 08 June 1789
Jackson of Georgia Opposes Consideration of Amendments (8 June 1789)

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Jackson's Proposal to Postpone Discussion of Amendments to 1 March 1790 was decided on 08 June 1789
Madison Presents His Proposed Amendments to the House (8 June 1789)

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Madison's Proposed Amendments was created on 08 June 1789
Proceedings of the Debate in the House on Madison's Motion to Go into a Committee of the Whole for Consideration of Certain Proposed Amendments to the Constitution (8 June 1789)

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None was debated on 08 June 1789
Amendment by Supplement: Opposition to Incorporating the Amendments into the Text of the Constitution (13 August 1789).

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Sherman's Amendment to the First Proposition was proposed on 13 August 1789
Ames's Motion to Reduce the Ratio of Representation is Strongly Opposed (14 August 1789)

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Ames's Amendment to the Second Proposition was proposed on 14 August 1789
'Seizures and Searches'?: The Obscure Path to the Text of the Fourth Amendment (20 August 1789)

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Report of the House - Fourth Proposition, Seventh Clause was proposed on 20 August 1789
Disparate Terminology used by the Sources to Refer to the Proposed Amendments in Reports of the House Discussions (20 & 21 August 1789)

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Report of the House - Fourth Proposition, First Clause was proposed on 20 August 1789
The Mysterious Appearance, Disappearance, and Reappearance of 'Necessary to' in the Senate’s ‘Right to Bear Arms’ Amendment (9 September 1789)

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Amendment to Fifth Article was proposed on 09 September 1789