What if we started calling it The Bill Of Privileges?
You have the privilege of Free Speech.
You have the privilege to keep and bear arms.
You have the privilege to deny the quartering of soldiers in private homes without your consent.
You have the privilege to avoid unreasonable searches and seizures and requires warrants to be based on probable cause.
You have the privilege of due process, protection against self-incrimination and double jeopardy, and requirement of grand juries for capital crimes.
You have the privilege of a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury, along with the right to legal counsel and confronting witnesses.
You have the privilege of a jury trial in certain civil law cases.
You have the privilege of avoiding excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.
You have the privilege of other unlisted privileges not explicitly written in the Constitution.
You have the privilege of knowing that powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or to the people.
Kind of changes the whole tenor of the discussion, doesn't it? Well let me tell you something: I've seen the actual thing, this Bill of Rights, behind its protective glass case in the National Archives. Written by James Madison and eventually approved by the First Congress of the United States. Back when Congress used to vote on things and pass laws.
These chuckleheads who want to drive around the parts of the law of the land that doesn't suit them need to go. Election Day is a month away. Vote. It is your privilege. And your right.
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