...of this matter to conclude the point. The truth is, after all the declamations we have heard, that the Constitution is itself, in every rational sense,...constitution of each State is its bill of rights. And the proposed Constitution, if adopted, will be the bill of rights of the Union. Is it one object...

...the new federal constitution as well. "The truth is, after all the declamation we have heard, that the constitution is itself in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, A BILL OF RIGHTS" (No. 84, p. 421). Yet the bill of rights that Hamilton teases out of the text is a motley assortment...

...additional parchment provisions in the federal charter. The capstone of this line of argument is that "the Constitution is itself, in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, A BILL OF RIGHTS" (no. 84, 551). Hamilton's exposition of judicial power thus begins by citing Montesquieu, while its...

...goes some part of the way in justifying Alexander Hamilton's assertion in Federalist Paper No. 84 that "the Constitution is itself, in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, A BILL OF RIGHTS." To be sure, Hamilton was arguing against the demands of some people for an explicit bill of rights...

...Great Britain, by which many other rights, not expressed, are equally secured." And he concluded that the "constitution is itself, in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, a Bill of Rights."22 The decision not to include a list of individual rights was a misjudgment on the part of...

...between the national and state governments. This is primarily what Hamilton had in mind when he said "the Constitution is itself, in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, A BILL OF RIGHTS."5 This and the next chapter examine Justice Antonin Scalia's views in the area of separation...

...separate bill: "The truth is, after all the declamations we have heard, that the Constitution itself is, in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, A BILL OF RIGHTS." Hamilton firmly believed in rights, but he insisted that they would be adequately guaranteed by the...

...generations might interpret it as a list of the only rights that people had. He went on to write that "the Constitution is itself] in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, A BILL OF RIGHTS." Thomas Jefferson saw the issue differently. Writing from France, he told Madison that "A bill of rights...

...the press shall not be restrained, when no power is given by which restrictions may be imposed? . . . [T]he Constitution is itself, in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, a BILL OF RIGHTS." 53 The Anti-Federalists bought little of this. Had they known that Hamilton was behind these arguments,...

...as they retain every thing, they have no need of particular reservations. * * * The truth is, that the Constitution is itself, in every rational sense, and to every useful purpose, A BILL OF EIGHTS."1 Article 10. — The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited...