Antifederalists bitterly attacked which two parts of the Constitution as unlimited and dangerous grants of power to the national government?
A)the Tenth Amendment and the elastic clause
B)the Ninth Amendment and the supremacy clause
C)the supremacy clause and the elastic clause
D)the Tenth Amendment and the supremacy clause

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The antifederalists were particularly concerned about the supremacy clause, which establishes the Constitution and federal laws as the supreme law of the land, and the elastic clause, which allows Congress to pass any laws deemed "necessary and proper" for executing its powers. These provisions were seen as giving too much power to the national government at the expense of the states.

Antifederalists Bitterly Attacked Which Two Parts of the Constitution as Unlimited