There's "precedent" for that, too -- Alexander Hamilton hated the very idea of the Bill of Rights, attacked it in The Federalist, and had he prevailed in the court of opinion, we'd have had none.
It was Madison who was the guy big enough to cross the aisle to the Anti-Federalists who predicted all the government abuses we deplore, and write the Bill of Rights "properly" i.e. competently. Hamilton OTOH always predicted that government attorneys would eventually lawyer-talk every amendment down, leaving the People worse off than before -- "we talked about that, and no, you don't have a right to your papers under the Fourth Amendment, so shut up".
Alexander Hamilton's alternative was to argue that every right not invaded by the law was reserved in all cases ..... how long do you think we'd have lasted in court, making that argument? Thanks, Alexander.
Good job, Aaron. Thanks.
Alexander Hamilton, I believe, is the main reason we are in the situation we are today. He was for big central government and no individual rights. It basically started with Alexander Hamilton and the Whiskey Rebellion. He talked Geo Washington to muster fed troops and put down a legal rebellion.
Aaron Burr did is a favor, although not soon enough.