Anti-federalists believed that a bill of rights was:

A. unnecessary because the Declaration of Independence listed many individual rights

B. unnecessary due to the structure of government and rights under the Constitution

C. necessary because the Constitution did not specify protection for individual rights

D. necessary because laws would not follow rights in the Declaration of Independence

Question

Anti-federalists believed that a bill of rights was:

A. unnecessary because the Declaration of Independence listed many individual rights

 B. unnecessary due to the structure of government and rights under the Constitution

C. necessary because the Constitution did not specify protection for individual rights

D.  necessary because laws would not follow rights in the Declaration of Independence

texaschic101 · Answer

I am going with C.

anonymous · Answer

C, because they were ANTI federalists, they wanted the people's rights to be "set in stone" so that the government could not take those unalienable rights away from them. Just remember, ANTI federalist is ANTI big government, so it's PRO people's rights.