"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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They left all rights out of the Constitution when they wrote it.


True, but they did try to put some of them back in with amendments.


Actually, they put them all back in.

One of the complaints against the proposed Constitution was it's lack of a
Bill of Rights, such as the Virginia Bill of Rights. James Madison was
opposed to such a Bill of Rights because it was unnecessary and implied the
people had only the designated rights. It was unnecessary to declare a
right to a free press, for example, because the Constitution did not give
the government the power to control the press. Madison had to concede on the
issue in order to see the Constitution ratified, but he was then the driving
force behind the Ninth and Tenth Amendments.