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why dont people realize that the constitution and the bill of rights are two seperate be equal documates?
the constitution was written to be ammended over time , but the bill of rights was written not be amended the are the rights all americans have and are not to be taken away by anyone and any law that trys is illegal
anyone who believes different is a traitor , that goes for the president down to the lowest hobo , we all should be defending the bill of rights and the constitution not trying to destroy them
they are two seperate documents and it is not the first ten but the first twelve the first two deal with representives and congressman the next ten are the bill of rights so it is articles 3-12 that are the bill of rights and they were writen years apart. so once more two seperate but equal parts of the same consept
they are two seperate documents and it is not the first ten but the first twelve the first two deal with representives and congressman the next ten are the bill of rights so it is articles 3-12 that are the bill of rights and they were writen years apart. so once more two seperate but equal parts of the same consept
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- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
Because people are stupid and want to believe what's most convenient for them. That's the sad truth.
- 8 years ago
You are absolutely WRONG. The Bill of Rights is part of the Constitution, and not any special case. No 'law' can take away those rights, but a Constitutional amendment can do so at any time.
Article 5 of the Constitution specifically provides for amending the document, and of course, the Bill of Rights represents merely the first 10 amendments, The ONLY part of the Constitution which CANNOT be amended is the equal representation of states in the Senate, although even that can happen if the state itself agrees.
Anyone who thinks differently is woefully ignorant of the law and the Constitution. If the framers of the Constitution had intended that the Bill of Rights be sacrosanct and never changed, they would have declared that in the document itself (as they did with the Senate issue)
- KennethLv 78 years ago
They aren't.
The Bill of Rights is nothing more than the list of the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. The Bill of Rights is a part of the Constitution, and any Amendment can be Amended through the Amendment process of the Constitution. Look at the 18th Amendment, it was actually repealed through a different Amendment (the 21st).
The rights provided in the Bill of Rights can be amendment through another Amendment. Anyone who believes differently is an idiot who doesn't actually understand what the Constitution and the Amendments are.
