AMENDMENT:
Restriction on standing army
Amendment Details:
Date:
Sept. 27, 1787
Type:
Other (e.g., Archival Materials, Websites)
State of Origin:
Virginia (VA)
Summary:
Restriction on standing army
Text:
That standing Armies in times of peace are dangerous to liberty, and ought not to be permitted unless assented to by two thirds of the Members composing each House of the legislature under the new constitution—
Sponsor or Proponent:
Richard Henry Lee (in Congress of the Confederation)
Topics:
milrest - Restrictions on the armed forces
Record Source:
The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution Digital Edition, ed. John P. Kaminski, Gaspare J. Saladino, Richard Leffler, Charles H. Schoenleber and Margaret A. Hogan. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009. Canonic URL: http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/RNCN-01-01-02-0009-0002- 0020 [accessed 10 May 2011] Original source: Constitutional Documents and Records, 1776–1787, Volume I: Constitutional Documents and Records, 1776–1787
Cite As:
The Amendments Project, edited by Jill Lepore and Tobias Resch, 2023, https://amendmentsproject.org [Record Number ot_17870927ric-ae, accessed 2025-04-25]. Record Source: [The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution Digital Edition, ed. John P. Kaminski, Gaspare J. Saladino, Richard Leffler, Charles H. Schoenleber and Margaret A. Hogan. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2009. Canonic URL: http://rotunda.upress.virginia.edu/founders/RNCN-01-01-02-0009-0002- 0020 [accessed 10 May 2011] Original source: Constitutional Documents and Records, 1776–1787, Volume I: Constitutional Documents and Records, 1776–1787]
