[birdofhermes]

It would be nice to see folks who take such a rigorous stance on the First and Second Amendments (not in this article, but in author’s book _Battlefield America_) adopt similarly rigorous and detailed readings of the other twenty-five.

[sandspar]

Are the other twenty-five under constant threat like the first two?

[bavell]

Perhaps there are important reasons why they are #1 and #2?

[birdofhermes]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights

See the historical notes under proposal and ratification, in particular the table of article revisions approved in 1789. The order of ratification was contingent on a series of historical accidents and has little to do with Madison’s (or any other individual founder’s) intentions.

[leereeves]

The table "Approval of the Bill of Rights in Congress and the States" shows that the amendments are in the same order in the Bill of Rights as they were in Madison's original proposal, and all were ratified December 15, 1791.

Some of his proposals were removed, though, and one of those was resurrected two hundred years later.

[engineer_22]

What do you mean particularly?