MAV,

The founding fathers wrote a political document that they tried to make as broad as possible. The Bill of Rights came about because the States and the people wanted them as the price of ratification. The founding fathers added them after the fact.

I always thought it was wrong to argue that the Constitution "grants" a right to privacy. Under the idea of constitution as a social contract, the government is created to mediate between individuals exercising innate rights. The government, except as detailed (I was going to use 'enumerated' but didn't want to freak out 'guest' in Vermont) by the Federal or State constitutions, has no right to interfere. The "right to privacy" existed (IMO) long before any constitution.

You seem to come at it from the other end. That the Constitution is the source of individual rights.

Guest, I apologize for being literate.

Regards John