Merlin of Chaos

Of course, the real irony about it all is that the Founding Fathers themselves were surprised at the need to make a Bill of Rights. Many of them shared Hamilton's opinion, to a point, of thinking it was "Like, duh", and didn't need it written down.

I wonder if anyone has done an in-depth analysis of the help and harm those first ten amendments have had on the shape of our country as it is today, theoretically speaking.