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To: Just mythoughts
"You need a Constitutional listing of the Bill of Rights"

It's worth noting that many of the founding fathers, including Madison, the primary author, were against a Bill of Rights. They feared that government would interpret it as meaning that only those rights listed were protected.

151 posted on 05/11/2003 6:49:21 PM PDT by Sam Cree (Democrats are herd animals)
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To: Sam Cree
So noted. Interesting what even Madison, primary author was against did not prevail.

153 posted on 05/11/2003 6:52:59 PM PDT by Just mythoughts
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