Anti-Federalists' Demands: The Bill Of Rights And The Fight For Ratification

It was these opponents of the constitution who ultimately compromised, demanding a bill of. Lee reiterates mason’s claim that a bill of rights is necessary and proper and articulates the traditional argument that a bill of rights is needed to protect the people from the tyranny of the few in power. Antifederalists argued that a bill of rights was necessary because, the supremacy clause in combination with the necessary and proper and general welfare clauses would allow implied.