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That’s the Declaration of Independence. The Constitution came 11 years later (and did not, even then, include the Bill of Rights).

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As I understand it, the Bill of Rights was considered redundant by many people - and some thought that enumerating the rights line by line was dangerously limiting them.

Not sure where, but i heard once that the constitution was actually only intended to be a temporary document until a more reasonable draft could be hammered out. Even its authors didn't imagine it would still be relevant 200 years later.

The first one was more temporary while they figured out what they had just did. (things like how do we pay the bills)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articles_of_Confederation

That is why the one we are under is basically the 2nd revision of that.

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