The Bill of Rights is the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, most of which originally applied only to the federal government. Their provisions have since been extended to the states and to all of the people by way of the fourteenth Amendment, a process known as incorporation.
       The amendments were introduced by James Madison on August 21, 1789 and came into effect as Constitutional Amendments on December 15, 1791. Yes, that was over two years of bickering, mud slinging and political partisanship; so what has changed? While twelve amendments were proposed by Congress, only ten were originally ratified by the states. Of the remaining two, one was adopted 203 years later as the twenty-seventh amendment, and the other has technically remained pending before the states for the past 223 years. That amendment proposal was/is to regulate the size of congressional districts for representation in the House of Representatives. I.E. no more moving of congressional district lines to suit the party in power any more.
     By the way, the twenty-seventh amendment, prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until the start of the next set of terms of office for Representatives. It was ratified in May of 1992. Some folks just did not like having their pay regulated I guess.
     One of our customers has asked us to make the 1st Signal Brigade Inlay Blank. Here it is, We are a military family, retired, and we do everything we can for our veterans and active duty military folks. I spent 23 years in the Us Navy Submarine Force and know what these guys are going and have gone through. If you have a division or brigade patch that you would like to have made up, let us know and we will do what we can to accommodate you.
     Our shipment from the pen manufacturer has finally arrived and most of our items are back in stock including the ever anticipated gun metal Cigar Pen Kit.