During the Constitutional Convention, the motion to include a bill of rights was

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The motion to include a bill of rights was overwhelmingly rejected during the Constitutional Convention. The delegates believed that the Constitution itself provided sufficient protections for individual rights and that a bill of rights might actually limit those rights. It wasn't until after the Constitution was ratified and a groundswell of public support for a bill of rights emerged that one was added in the form of the first ten amendments.

During the Constitutional Convention, the Motion to Include a Bill