...kingdom are synonymous with the spirit of the Constitution of the United States. "The truth is ... that the Constitution is, itself, in every rational sense,...Britain form its constitution, and conversely the bill of rights of each state is its bill of rights. And the proposed Constitution if adopted will be...

...against the specific enumeration of individual guarantees in the Constitution. Hamilton argued that "the Constitution is itself, in every rational sense and to every useful purpose, a bill of rights. I go further and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and to the extent in which they are contended...

...view of this matter to conclude the point. The truth is, after all the declamation we have heard, that the constitution is itself in every rational sense,...A BILL OF RIGHTS. The several bills of rights, in Great-Britain, form its constitution, and conversely the constitution of each state is its bill of...

...press ought not to be restrained. point. The truth is, after all the declamation we have heard, that the constitution is itself in every rational sense,...A BILL OF RIGHTS. The several bills of rights, in GreatBritain, form its constitution, and conversely the constitution of each state is its bill of rights....

...only unnecessary. . . but would even be dangerous." An enumeration of rights was unnecessary because "the Constitution is itself, in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose. A BILL OF RIGHTS." More generally, parchment guarantees would prove dangerous, he thought, because they would prohibit...

...upon the property rights that government was designed to protect. "The Constitution," Hamilton wrote, "is itself, in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, A BILL OF RIGHTS."28 25. See Berns, supra note 1, at 81-82. 26. Locke, supra note 6, at ^ 143- 144. 27. Montesquieu,...

...from Hamilton's Federalist number 84. "The truth is, after all the declamations we have heard, that the Constitution is itself in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, A BILL OF RIGHTS."42 Why not, then, enumerate them in detail? Because, as Herbert Storing has noted, such rights,...

...permeates the Federalist Papers: The truth is, ... that the Constitution [Articles 1-7] is itself, la every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, A BILL OF RIGHTS. How more effectively may a government be limited, he inquires, than by prohibiting that government...

...Bill of Rights had failed, before them, to grasp: They failed to understand, as Hamilton said, that "the Constitution is itself, in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, A BILL OF RIGHTS."41 There is a point in posing the question: What led these earnest people to believe that fundamental...

...entire Constitution was a Bill of Rights: The truth is, after all the declamations we have heard, that the Constitution is itself, in every rational sense,...constitution of each State is its bill of rights. And the proposed Constitution, if adopted, will be the bill of rights of the Union. 4 In the end, the...