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Two Days Ago: Congresswoman Giffords Reads The First Amendment In Congress

Doug Mataconis · Saturday, January 8, 2011 · 1 comment

It was just two days ago that Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords participated in the Congressional reading of the Constitution, and read one of its most important Amendments:

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Doug Mataconis held a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and J.D. from George Mason University School of Law. He joined the staff of OTB in May 2010 and contributed a staggering 16,483 posts before his retirement in January 2020. He passed for too young in July 2021.

Comments

tom p says:

Saturday, 8 January 2011 at 18:57

Ironic: “or the right of the people peacably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”