I apologize for creating the impression that I thought that ‘politicians’ and ‘leadership’ were one in the same. They surely and demonstrably are not.
I understand your position but I still think (although I may be wrong) was that within the colonies/states, they were explicit because the States have a wider latitude to act. Otoh, the Federal government was only given limited powers. To say (in the BoR) then that the feds could not act when they were never given the power to act was unnecessary. That is why I (of late) believe the BoR was a mistake. Rather than clarifying and protecting our rights, it has done more to obfuscate and diminish the rights that were not enumerated.
No apology was necessary but it is certainly accepted.
As to the rest of your post—I dunno.
I could argue either side if I step back and think about it, but whether or not there should have been a Bill of Rights, the fact is that there is one and we have to deal with it and its good, bad, intended and unintended consequences.
At the founding, if they could have done any better than they did, I’m sure they would have.