Why did the Federalists argue against inclusion of a bill of rights in the Constitution?
A)Explicit guarantee of some rights might imply that other rights did not exist.
B)All rights were already covered by the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
C)Trying to come to an agreement on what rights to include would tear the new country apart.
D)All states currently had their own bills of rights.

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Federalists believed that including a bill of rights might imply that other rights did not exist because it might be impossible to list all of the rights. They argued that the Constitution already protected individual rights and that adding a list of rights might weaken it.

Why Did the Federalists Argue Against Inclusion of a Bill