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This is either absurd or sorely uninformed. That the Bill of Rights was added later is essentially a procedural technicality. The (lack of a) Bill of Rights wa
by pythonaut_16 4y ago
This is either absurd or sorely uninformed. That the Bill of Rights was added later is essentially a procedural technicality.
The (lack of a) Bill of Rights was a major concern when the Constitution was drafted. It was passed with the promise that amending it with a Bill of Rights would be the first priority.
The Constitution was only passed without it so the convention wouldn't keep dragging on.
- kasey_junk 4y agoAnd because a large portion of the delegates thought that the numeration of the rights was unnecessary as it wasn't the point of a constitution.