16/06: Happy Magna Carta Day
Category: American History and Politics
Posted by: an okie gardener
Brits at their Best reminds us to celebrate the Magna Carta, an important early step in the development of British Liberty, which put limits on the power of the king. The post contains links to the full text and other information. Some rights protected in the Magna Carta:
The right to trial by jury.
The right to habeas corpus. —We cannot be arrested and kept in prison without trial.
The right to own property, which cannot be taken from us without due payment or process of law.
Too bad that many of these basic rights in Britain are in jeopardy today because of membership in the European Union in which too much power is given to unelected bureacrats.
Our own liberties in the U.S. are a development of British Liberty, or, The Liberty of Englishmen. We would do well to guard them jealously from encroaching government power.
The right to trial by jury.
The right to habeas corpus. —We cannot be arrested and kept in prison without trial.
The right to own property, which cannot be taken from us without due payment or process of law.
Too bad that many of these basic rights in Britain are in jeopardy today because of membership in the European Union in which too much power is given to unelected bureacrats.
Our own liberties in the U.S. are a development of British Liberty, or, The Liberty of Englishmen. We would do well to guard them jealously from encroaching government power.
