
	Click on the articles below which contain current news from across America related to liberty and justice in our lives. The U.S. Constitution - A Gift from America's Founding Fathers That Keeps on Giving *From Hawaii Reporter* - This week, Thursday, December 15, 2005, is the anniversary of the “Bill of Rights.” The Constitution was ratified in 1787, and the Bill of Rights four years later. Americans should celebrate Bill of Rights Day From timesunion.com - The Constitution of the United States would never have become the law of the land without the Bill of Rights. Several states refused to join the union unless there was a Bill of Rights to limit the federal power and protect individual rights. Why don't we celebrate it? amendment X: States'rights From The Free Lance - Star - Federal vs. State Power. Interpreting the Constitution and the 10th Ammendment. Vermont: Most Likely to Secede From Toward Freedom -** Thomas Naylor moved to Vermont in 1993 after almost 30 years’ teaching economics at Duke University. He helped form the Second Vermont Republic, an organization dedicated to the peaceful dissolution of the country, starting with the secession of Vermont.