Debated Issue Bill of Rights Federalists Anti-Federalists They opposed a bill of rights in the Constitution because They believed that a bill of rights needed to be in the they thought the state constitutions guaranteed Individual Constitution to guarantee that the new federal rights. They agreed to add the Bill of Rights as a condition government would not take away those rights. They of ratification successfully campaigned to have the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution after ratification. state sovereignty presidential power political corruption laxation