Why wasn’t the Bill of Rights originally in the US Constitution? - James Coll
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When you think of the US Constitution, what’s the first thing that comes
to mind? Free speech? The right to bear arms? These passages are cited
so often that it's hard to imagine the document without them. But the
list of freedoms known as the Bill of Rights was not in the original
text and wasn't added for three years. Why not? James Coll goes back to
the origins of the Constitution to find out.
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- Educator
- James Coll
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- Alex Gendler
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- Chet Knebel
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- Addison Anderson
