Originally Posted by
Teufelhund
It didn't seem to me the author was bitching about our insistence on the Bill of Rights, but about the Articles of the Constitution and the specific system of government it outlines. What he seemingly fails to realize is the system we currently have, and the far-reaching authority which Congress has granted itself, is not the intended system which is outlined by that document; more often that usurped authority is specifically prohibited by the Constitution. It may or may not contain flaws, but we also maintain. . . "That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness."
I find it increasingly common how few people understand the Constitution, more specifically the Bill of Rights, does not grant us our rights. Our rights are inherent; we are born with them. If by some horrible fate the Constitution itself were burned to ash, or if some tyrannical government were to throw it out completely, our rights would yet remain intact. The founding fathers simply wrote them down in this document for us all to understand the specifics of those inalienable rights, and the ways in which our government is prohibited from restricting them. This does not mean we will never again have to fight to keep them.
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