People-the bedrock of American Freedom

The Bill of Rights were written to highlight those rights enumerated to "the people", not to the government. It is illogical to even think that any of the 10 amendments were written to describe a "right" of the government.

The constitution was written to set the powers of the government, the 10 amendments were written to address the shortcomings of that document. Those amendments were expressing the rights of the people that the government could not take away. Those rights are expressly important because they are powers that are exercised to counter the power of the government.

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