The Second Bill of Rights was a list of rights proposed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his State of the Union Address on January 11, 1944.
In his address Roosevelt suggested that the nation had come to recognize, and should now implement, a second "bill of rights." Roosevelt's argument was that the "political rights" guaranteed by the constitution and the Bill of Rights had "proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness."
Roosevelt's remedy was to declare an "economic bill of rights" which would guarantee employment, with a living wage; freedom from unfair competition and monopolies, housing, medical care, education and social security.
Roosevelt stated that having these rights would guarantee American security, and that America's place in the world depended upon how far these and similar rights had been carried into practice.
Later in the 1970s, Czech jurist Karel Vasak would categorize these as the "second generation" rights in his theory of three generations of human rights.
Roosevelt's January 11 address was delivered via radio, as the President was suffering from the flu at the time. During the last portion dealing with the Second Bill of Rights, he asked news cameras to come in and begin filming for later broadcast.
This footage was believed lost until it was uncovered in 2008 in South Carolina by Michael Moore while researching for the film Capitalism: A Love Story.
Roosevelt died before the Second Bill of Rights could be implemented. -Source Unknown
In his address Roosevelt suggested that the nation had come to recognize, and should now implement, a second "bill of rights." Roosevelt's argument was that the "political rights" guaranteed by the constitution and the Bill of Rights had "proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness."
Roosevelt's remedy was to declare an "economic bill of rights" which would guarantee employment, with a living wage; freedom from unfair competition and monopolies, housing, medical care, education and social security.
Roosevelt stated that having these rights would guarantee American security, and that America's place in the world depended upon how far these and similar rights had been carried into practice.
Later in the 1970s, Czech jurist Karel Vasak would categorize these as the "second generation" rights in his theory of three generations of human rights.
Roosevelt's January 11 address was delivered via radio, as the President was suffering from the flu at the time. During the last portion dealing with the Second Bill of Rights, he asked news cameras to come in and begin filming for later broadcast.
This footage was believed lost until it was uncovered in 2008 in South Carolina by Michael Moore while researching for the film Capitalism: A Love Story.
Roosevelt died before the Second Bill of Rights could be implemented. -Source Unknown
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