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Todays column on George Mason has such small print I can’t read it. Is this your new format? If so how do I enlarge it?

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For those (like me) who were intrigued by the fact that the original draft of what eventually became the Bill of Right had 17 amendments, below is a link to a page that lists the complete first draft.

Note, however, in most cases some version of almost all of the amendments listed in the original 17 were later include in the Constitution, either by being combined with other amendments (for example, in the original 17 “freedom of speech” and “freedom of religion” were separate before being combined into the first amendment in the Bill of Rights) or were included as part of subsequent amendments (e.g. the 14th).

https://www.sethkaller.com/item/182-First-Draft-of-the-Bill-of-Rights:-17-Amendments-Approved-by-the-House

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The right to privacy is not expressly in the Bill of Rights, or arguably anywhere in the US Constitution.

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