I disagree - the government was given very specific, limited, enumerated powers - it is crystal clear that those are the ONLY powers ceded by the people and the states to the federal government. Adding the bill of rights implies that it is the government that gives us those rights set out in the bill of rights, and that is completely contrary to a nation of free people who have given the government very limited and specific powers. Our rights come from our creator, we're born with them, they aren't given to us by our federal government or the bill of rights.
That is an issue, but the 10th explicitly tells us those aren't our only rights. Courts and Congress have time and again shown that they couldn't give a damn what our natural rights are - they'll interpret and twist the law to grow the government. They've used the commerce clause and the "good and plenty" clause to do whatever they want even WITH the bill of rights. Explicit restrictions are the only thing that have slowed them down.
I guarantee you if there wasn't a first amendment we would no longer have freedom of speech. It might have lasted until this generation, when Big Tech and SJW culture took over and changed everything, as it's done to Canada and western Europe.
I disagree - the government was given very specific, limited, enumerated powers - it is crystal clear that those are the ONLY powers ceded by the people and the states to the federal government. Adding the bill of rights implies that it is the government that gives us those rights set out in the bill of rights, and that is completely contrary to a nation of free people who have given the government very limited and specific powers. Our rights come from our creator, we're born with them, they aren't given to us by our federal government or the bill of rights.
That is an issue, but the 10th explicitly tells us those aren't our only rights. Courts and Congress have time and again shown that they couldn't give a damn what our natural rights are - they'll interpret and twist the law to grow the government. They've used the commerce clause and the "good and plenty" clause to do whatever they want even WITH the bill of rights. Explicit restrictions are the only thing that have slowed them down.
I guarantee you if there wasn't a first amendment we would no longer have freedom of speech. It might have lasted until this generation, when Big Tech and SJW culture took over and changed everything, as it's done to Canada and western Europe.