During the ratification debates, Federalists repeatedly warned that adding a bill of rights would be unnecessary – and even dangerous. Learn what they had to say – where they made good points – and missed the mark too.

Path to Liberty, Fast Friday Edition: December 15, 2023

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Federalists and Antifederalists Debate a Bill of Rights

James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (24 Oct 1787)

Melancton Smith’s notes of the Confederation Congress (27 Sept 1787)

John Hancock – Massachusetts Ratifying Convention (6 Feb 1788)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to Edward Carrington (27 May 1788)

Episode – Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of Why it Exists

Roger Sherman – A Countryman II (22 Nov 1787)

James Madison – Letter to Thomas Jefferson (17 Oct 1788)

Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 25 (21 Dec 1787)

James Wilson – State house yard speech (6 Oct 1787)

Noah Webster – A Citizen of America (17 Oct 1787)

Charles Pinckney – Speech in South Carolina House of Representatives (18 Jan 1788)

Edmund Randolph – Virginia Ratifying Convention (9 June 1788)

James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (28 Nov 1787)

Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 84 (16 July 1788)

Thomas Jefferson – Letter to James Madison (20 Dec 1787)

Thomas Jefferson – Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank (15 Dec 1791)

Episode – Bill of Rights: Most Important Amendment?

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