"Today we're going to discuss the Bill of Rights," Steve said, "which is what the Founders called the first ten amendments to the US Constitution and passed very quickly after the actual document was approved. The amendments coming so quickly was a good thing for our fledgling republic: it established very early that the Constitution wasn't some kind of holy document and could be modified and updated as needed as the country progressed as well."
"Despite what some may think on the subject," Tony said dryly. "Many of the original ten rights were direct responses to what was happening at the time between the colonies and Britain, so they might seem a little odd in modern context. The right to a well regulated militia, the right to not have soldiers living in your house, the right to a fair, speedy and public trial in the same area as the crime occurred. All reactions to the perceived aggression of the crown."
"Quartering soldiers hasn't really come up again," Steve agreed, "but the Third Amendment's implied right to domestic privacy has been extensively debated in the age of internet what the government can and cannot look up about you."
"As has the second amendment. When the weapons available then took ten minutes to load vs now where you can fire hundreds of bullets in the span of a minute, it starts to edge away from the intent of the founders," Tony said. "With the carnival here, we'll be easy on you. We have
handouts with all of the rights and amendments on them. What would you add. Or, alternately, what would you merely change?"
"And then go out and have fun at the carnival," Steve said. "I'll be in the dunk tank if you have aggression to take out in a productive way."
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