[Deadmanwalking_05]

The purpose of the Bill of Rights is to protect the people from the government.

It covers:

1. free speech/press
2. arms
3. not having to quarter soldiers in one's home
4. unreasonable search and seizure of person/property
5. the right not to incriminate one self and the right to due process
6. criminal trial by jury
7. civil trial by jury
8. disallows cruel/unusual punishment
9. the right to have rights not previously listed
10. allows states and the people to reserve rights not listed

Is there a point you're trying to make?

The whole thing is set up so that people are able to amend it to cover things the founding fathers forgot... a guarantee for people not to be denied the right to vote due to pesky things like having been owned by another person or being born without a penis.

People were allowed to own other people up until the 13th amendment was ratified in 1865, which ended the institution of slavery (except as a punishment for convicted criminals). Five years had passed before any one bothered to at least guarantee men right to vote regardless of race or prior servitude in the 15th amendment which was ratified in 1870.

The whole 144 years from 1776 to 1920 half of the U.S. adult population was not allowed to vote, until the 19th amendment banned voter discrimination on account of sex.

The Bill of Rights was a good start, but people need to declare and protect their rights.

So aside from a compulsion to bring up the first 10 amendments to the U.S. constitution is there a point you're getting to?