Why did Anti - Federalists believe that the design of the Constitution was insufficient to protect...?
why did Anti - Federalists believe that the design of the Constitution was insufficient to protect individual right and, in fact, would lead to violations of rights by the new national government?
2007-11-26 12:38:39 · 3 answers · asked by buBbles03 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Because it lacked language ensuring government would not restrict certain rights.
2007-11-26 12:52:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the larger the government is, the more freedom is lost. If all government was on the state level, more power would be in more hands, but if most of the power is in the federal government, more power is in less hands.
2007-11-26 20:54:15 · answer #2 · answered by TC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They believed that the Constitution didn't give enough autonomy to the states.
2007-11-30 17:43:20 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋