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As I understand it, the Bill of Rights was considered redundant by many people - and some thought that enumerating the rights line by line was dangerously limit
by benjohnson 5y ago
As I understand it, the Bill of Rights was considered redundant by many people - and some thought that enumerating the rights line by line was dangerously limiting them.
- FridayoLeary 5y agoNot sure where, but i heard once that the constitution was actually only intended to be a temporary document until a more reasonable draft could be hammered out. Even its authors didn't imagine it would still be relevant 200 years later.
- sumtechguy 5y agoThe first one was more temporary while they figured out what they had just did. (things like how do we pay the bills) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation That is why the one we are under is basically the 2nd revision of that.