I don’t think tattletales were a recent invention. The purpose of the constitution was to prevent government overreach, because it is a document that sets gover

I don’t think tattletales were a recent invention. The purpose of the constitution was to prevent government overreach, because it is a document that sets government rules. The reason other things aren’t in it isn’t because they aren’t or weren’t issues. It’s because they were out of scope for the purpose of that document.