The Delegates at the Philadelphia Convention Turned Down the Idea

The delegates at the Philadelphia convention turned down the idea of including a list of citizens' rights in the Constitution because they believed that

A) such a list would limit economic development.
B) since the federal government was already limited to its expressed powers, further protection of citizens was not needed.
C) citizens should vote directly on which rights should be protected.
D) such a list would make government too weak to protect national security.

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