The Bill of Rights does not “give” us rights. It puts restrictions on the power of government to stop it from infringing rights we already have. They should have called it the Bill of Restrictions.
For Further Reading
Bill of Rights Ratified: Power Without Restraint is Tyranny
There is No “But” in “Shall Not Be Infringed”
Constitution 101: Bill of Rights
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