This country is in the best of hands...

Does anyone expect any congresscritter to known ANYTHING about the Constitution? They have no idea what is says, does, limits. They have no idea who wrote what. Gouvenor Morris actually wrote most of the document along with Madison and I forget the third member of the Committee on Style. Madison put down his thoughts on the Bill of Rights but only after George Mason pushed and pushed. And Madison's thoughts were repudiated by the final form and placement of the Bill of Rights at the end, which by the way, made the Bill of Rights applicable to the States without any BS incorporation. The SC screwed up the application of the supreme law of the land in Barron. Rawle (1829) had it correct when he wrote the Bill of Rights bind both the federal government and the states. Those who believe otherwise simply are ignorant of the Bill of Rights. Intent is irrelevant because no one can prove the intent of ALL those who voted for the amendments and the intent on 1 or 2 is meaningless to the big picture. The clear and simple language of all provide absolutely no limitation as to their extent and since the BoR are the acceptable of the People, they can only apply to all governments. The only amendment to be restrained in its applicability was the First which was really the third demonstrating that the writers of the BoR singled out a specific amendment to be applicable to just the fed and left the others open to all government. And remember the main reason Madison was reticent to add a BoR was that the federal government was granted no authority to legislate in those areas. He feared, and that fear has been realized, that stupid people would think that the inclusion of the BoR indicated the feds h=could have legislated in those areas if it were not for the BoR. Those who think that way are wrong.

Unfortunately for us, Progressives never let the truth get in the way of their agenda.