"The powers delegated to the federal government, are not only very extensive, but they are indefinite... For rapacious as men in power generally are, it would be the height of folly to leave any door open by which they might hope to obtain access. Hence the necessity of a bill of rights." — "Brutus" No. 2, Anti-Federalist essay, November 1787
The author writes from which perspective during the ratification debate?
- Acheck_circle
An Anti-Federalist demanding explicit protections against federal power
- B
A delegate advocating for a stronger executive branch
- C
A Loyalist urging reconciliation with Britain
- D
A Federalist defending the sufficiency of the original Constitution
Explanation
"Brutus" was a leading Anti-Federalist writer (likely Robert Yates of New York) who argued the Constitution required a bill of rights to limit broadly worded federal powers. Federalists initially resisted, and the other perspectives are unrelated to ratification politics.