[Natural Law]

"How quaint. Is that from a fairy tale?"

I'm afraid that it is becoming increasingly so. The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution as a way to appease the Anti-Federalists. The dissolution of the Bill of Rignts began in earnest with the Civil War. Although most history books assert that the war was to end slavery or was some esoteric struggle over "States Rights" it was in fact a war to establish the supremacy of Federalism. The south didn't lose the Civil War, the Anti-Federalists did. It isn't surprising that the primacy of the government over the individual is the consequence.

[Founding Father]

The dissolution of the Bill of Rights began in earnest with the Civil War.

After nine years here I've finally met a person who understands. Nice to meet you.