[lepton]

Of course the BOR was intended to apply to the states, why else was the 10th Amendment passed?

Respectfully, that's completely backwards.

[RKV]

Respectfully, how so?

"A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular; and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences." --Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1787. ME 6:388, Papers 12:440