*You may not agree with every amendment that has been ratified, but the first 10 amendments were the Bill of Rights. Surely you would all agree that these were desirable changes to the original Constitution.* We all agree the Bill of Rights were* and are desirable. However, **the Bill of Rights did not *change* the Constitution** - it added further declaratory and restrictive clauses to the Constitution. It did not give the people rights, it restricts the Government from violating specific rights that the people always had through Natural Law. The Preamble to the 1789 Joint Resolution of Congress Proposing 12 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, which became the Bill of Rights, makes this restriction of Government clear - it adds "**further** **declaratory and restrictive clauses**" to the Constitution in order to "**prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers**" delegated to the Federal Government: "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: And as extending the ground of public confidence in Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution." The first two Proposed Amendments were not ratified: the 1st was regarding representation, and the 2nd was regarding compensation of Senators and Representatives which was later ratified in 1992 as the 27th Amendment. When ratified on December 15, 1791, the remaining Proposed Amendments became our 1st through 10th Amendments. https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/bill-of-rights-transcript \* Interestingly, the Bill of Rights was a contentious issue at the time: https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2023/12/15/the-foundation-of-the-constitution/