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September 25, 2002
The moral of this story: Always get it in writing On this day in history, September 25, 1789, the US congress passed the Bill of Rights.
At the time, some of the people most concerned with civil liberties actually opposed this enumerated Bill of Rights. They thought that listing some rights out explicitly like this would be taken to imply that they were the only rights guaranteed, thus items 9 and 10.
In practice, the skeptics have been proven right. By the natural tendencies of all governments and bureaucrats at all times in all places, the least pretext (typically the interstate commerce clause) gets used to justify more government, and "there's nothing in the constitution that says we can't" serves as sufficient answer to any objections. The 10th Ammendment text- "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people"- has done little to discourage power hungry politicians or bureaucrats intent on grabbing a little more money or authority.
On the other hand, where would we be without the Bill of Rights? They may not stop the politicians, but they've sure provided invaluable speed bumps on the road to serfdom.
