we are joined by the president of the bill of right institute david bobb. it is the 232nd anniversary of the ratification of the bill of rights. take us through a little history of that process and why weren't they included initially in the constitution. guest: the constitution feels hammered out over three months in philadelphia in the summer of 1787 in philadelphia. there were people who at the time of that debate, it was a long hard conversation, very contentious, could have broken down many points but there were many delegates to that constitutional convention that were worried that what had been set up was too strong a central government. these people came to be none as antifederalists. they thought we needed elements to have some bulwark for freedom and we would write them down and state them in a way that was clear for everybody. so there people that opposed the ratification of the constitution. those in favor, federalists, said it is good as it is. there was a big challenge. so as the constitution was sent out to the states many people weighed in an

then david bobb, commemorates rat fibbing action of u.s. constitution. c-span's washington journal join the conversation live at 7:00 eastern friday morning on c-span, c-span now or online at c-span.org. .. .. washington journal continu. host: at air table this morning, republican rich mccormick from georgia. for being here. the sixth district a member of the foreign affairs committee. how did you vote on moving

we are joined by the president of the bill of right institute david bobb. the 232nd anniversary of the ratification of the bill of rights. take us through a little history of that process and why weren't they included initially in the constitution. guest: the constitution feels hammered out over three months in philadelphia in the summer of 1787 in philadelphia. there were people who at the time of that debate, it was a long hard conversation, very contentious, could have broken down many points but there were many delegates to that constitutional convention that were worried that what had been set up was too strong a central government. these people came to be none as antifederalists. they thought we needed elements to have some bulwark for freedom and we would write them down and state them in a way that was clear for everybody. so there people that opposed the ratification of the constitution. those in favor, federalists, said it is good as it is. there was a big challenge. so as the constitution was sent out to the states many people weighed in and they