When the U.S. Constitution was being drafted and considered by our forefathers, very little, if any, thought was given to including a declaration of rights for individual citizens.

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The original Constitution, as drafted and ratified in 1787, did not include a Bill of Rights. The framers initially believed that the Constitution's structure, with its division of powers and checks and balances, would sufficiently protect individual liberties. The Bill of Rights was added in 1791 after ratification, largely in response to demands from Anti-Federalists who sought explicit protections of individual liberties.