"...(T)he Sovereign could not suspend laws passed by Parliament, levy taxes without parliamentary consent, infringe the right to petition, raise a standing army during peacetime without parliamentary consent, deny the right to bear arms to Protestant subjects, unduly interfere with parliamentary elections, punish members of either House of Parliament for anything said during debates, require excessive bail or inflict cruel and unusual punishments."

Sounds kind of familiar, doesn't it? I am glad we allow the Catholics, Anglicans, and heathens to bear arms, along with the Protestants. Be difficult for half our army to protect the other half while fighting a war.

Seriously, learning the underlying origin of so many familiar terms is interesting. I wonder why in school we only learned the Mexican War version of the birth of "Gringo", and the more perjoritive versions of "Redneck", and "Hilllbilly". Stan