Half of 1,000 Americans randomly surveyed by the McCormick Tribune Freedom But just 28 percent of respondents could name more than one of the five Just 8 percent could recall three First Amendment freedoms.<\/p>\n Some participants displayed comical ignorance such as the 38 percent who Among other rights not mentioned in the Constitution but listed by some from Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n Well, that’s no surprise. If the Bill of Rights Interestingly, only one person got all five. The one CHICAGO (Reuters) – Most Americans have an easier time naming members of the cartoon Simpson family than listing the five freedoms granted by the nation’s founders, a survey by a museum released on Wednesday said. Half of 1,000 Americans randomly … Continue reading ![](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/NOOTRLIFE.jpg\")
CHICAGO (Reuters<\/a>) – Most Americans have
\n an easier time naming members of the cartoon Simpson family than listing
\n the five freedoms granted by the nation’s founders, a survey by a museum
\n released on Wednesday said.<\/p>\n
\n Museum could name at least two of the five members of Fox Television’s
\n Simpson family, the stars of the network’s long-running show.<\/p>\n
\n freedoms listed in the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment — about the
\n same proportion that could name all five Simpson family members or could
\n recall the three judges on Fox TV’s top-rated "American Idol."<\/p>\n
\n believed the right not to incriminate yourself — "taking the 5th" in
\n lawyer lingo — was granted by the First Amendment rather than the Fifth.<\/p>\n
\n respondents was the right to drive and the right to have pets.<\/p>\n
\n featured witty dialogue and funny pictures and had been on TV in every
\n corner of America at least 4 times per day for the
\n last 25 years, you can bet your bottom dollar we’d get every one of those
\n suckers.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n everybody forgets – freedom to petition for redress of grievances – basically
\n the Right to Sue, is perhaps the most germane to what we have become.
\n Although the right to drive is a close second…<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"