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The Bill or Rights states in its pre-amble exactly why it was added. To prevent exactly the type of misconstruction that you advocate. IE; that the States have some power to abrogate Rights that clearly does not exist.

Fascinating. I have never read such an interpretation. The Bill of Rights places limits on the powers of the Federal Government to emphasize what the federalis could not do. Many said that the mere inclusion of the Bill of Rights would give the federalis and future generations that not only were those the only things the federalis could not do, but they were very concerned that the Judicial Branch would have too much power for interpretation.

Can you link me to the 'folks' you draw your ideas from? I would like to grab a better understanding of this point of view?

You worked for the State, therefore you are inclined to defend the state, that's all. You even claim to have fought to protect these rights but it would seem from your own post that you fought to defend an ineffectual government, no?

I am an anti-Statist and believe all taxation is theft which places me significantly to the Right of you, even at the expense of marginalizing the popularity of my world view.

Wow, reduced to calling me a coward in anonymous cyberspace? LOL

You advocate a policy that involves sending teenage girls from West Virginia to act as human bait for terrorists and you call me a coward?

What is up is down, what is down is up.

One thing is for sure, we both can't be libertarians.

The conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added.

It's called the US Constution. I'm sure you can finally locate a copy and read it for yourself one of these days.

Also, you ignorant jackass, I am most certainly NOT defending the "State" as you put it. If anything, I am against both the Federal "state", as well as the "State" tyrannies you would have us live under. A dictator a hundred miles away is just as dangerous as one a thousand miles away. You seem to be too stupid to figure this out.

I fought for the People of this Nation and for our Rights. Not for our government. Sending "girls from West Virginia" is completely up to said girls. They volunteer, they agree to follow orders for the length of their contract just like I did. This isn't cowardice. Not volunteering to fight for our Freedom is the REAL cowardice.

You certainly are no libertarian. You come across more like a anarcho-socialist.