As you think about our United States Constitution and all the rights & protections it affords citizens, why is it equally important that the Constitution also limits the power of the government?

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

Although there are no options attached, we can say the following.

It is important that the Constitution also limits the power of the government because this is how the citizens can protect themselves from a tyrannical government.

When the founding fathers of the United States and the framers of the Constitution met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the summer of 1787, in what was known as the Constitutional Convention, they debated about the kind of government was the right one for the new nation.

Federalists and Antifederalists debated for days. Federalists supported a strong central government. Antifederalists did not support a strong federal government. To the opposite, they favored a simpler form of government and rights for the people. That is why James Madison came up with drafting the Bill of Rights, which is the firsts 10 amendments to the United States Constitution.

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