"Alexander Hamilton 1775 The Sacred Rights of Mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchment , . or musty records . They are written with a sun beam in whole volume of human nature , by the hand of the divinity itself , and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power . The fact that the Constitution did not include a bill of rights to specifically protect Americans ' hard-won rights sparked the most heated debates during the ratification process . To the Federalists , those who favored the Constitution , a bill of rights was unnecessary because the Federal Government was limited in its powers and could not interfere with the rights of the people or the states ; also , most states had bills of rights . To the Anti-Federalists , those who opposed the Constitution , the prospect of establishing a strong central government without an explicit list of rights guaranteed to the people was unthinkable . Throughout the ratification process , individuals and state ratification conventions called for the adoption of a bill of rights ."
"Ninth Amendment - Unenumerated Rights"
"Constitution did not include a bill of rights to specifically protect Americans ' hard-won rights"
"Ninth Amendment - Unenumerated Rights"