Bill of Rights, Congress of the United States, begun and held at the City of New York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.
The conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: ...
Why am I surprised that you didn't know that.
You thought they took two years for an up or down vote on Amendments they didn't rewrite?