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Indispensable Contents of a Bill of Rights for the United States Constitution: Federalist and Anti-federalist Perspectives

Eric Sands, 90 in 90 2022,  6. Guest Constitutional Scholar Essayists, Blog Essay 47: Indispensable Contents of a Bill of Rights for the United States Constitution: Federalist and Anti-federalist Perspectives – Guest Essayist: Eric Sands, Eric Sands, 12. American Exceptionalism Revealed, 2022 American Exceptionalism Revealed 90 Day Study Essay Schedule, 13. Guest Constitutional Scholar Essayists, 90 Day Studies
Federalists initially countered these arguments in a couple of ways. In Federalist 84, for example, Hamilton argued that the Constitution should be allowed a trial period before alterations were made. There may be several things the American people want to change five or ten years down the road, so make the changes then when a judgment can be made about whether they are necessary. Second, the structure and design of the Constitution already protected rights through separation of powers, checks and balances, enumerated powers, and republicanism. Any attempt to infringe on personal rights would never be able to survive this gauntlet of obstructions. Finally, a bill of rights could endanger rights because it would only include certain specified rights, leaving others unprotected. It would also imply that rights come from government and that it alone chooses which rights to recognize.
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