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Rob Bishop: “I would like to talk for just a second about the other members of that convention who did not agree to add this Bill of…”

On the recordJanuary 16, 2008
I would like to talk for just a second about the other members of that convention who did not agree to add this Bill of Rights, because one must ask why were great patriots like Washington, Franklin, Madison, Hamilton, Dickinson, Wilson, why did they refuse to join with a Bill of Rights? Were they opposed to civil liberties? It is pretty obvious they were not. But what they said is a fear that the Bill of Rights, that actually if you start listing what those rights are, it may be a ceiling of what rights are allowed as opposed to a floor of what rights are going to be guaranteed. Actually, the Bill of Rights is misnamed.
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Rob Bishop
Republican · Utah
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Discussing the historical context and significance of the Bill of Rights during a speech.

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