Herein lies the greatest threats to liberty under the laws of the Constitution: The Constitution gives the national government too much power at the expense of state governments. The Constitution’s supremacy clause overrules any and all state laws, which essentially renders any rights guaranteed to citizens under their local state governments null and void. Furthermore the Constitution lacks a bill of rights, leaving the necessary and proper clause too vague, which gives the national government unlimited powers.

The government proposed by the Constitution will not become a tyranny because the set of checks and balances create a separation of powers between each branch of government. Meaning, no one branch of government will have more power than another. True, the national government receives more power than it did under the Articles of Confederation; however, the new powers of the national government limit its role to overseeing trade, currency, and defense. These three areas benefit from stronger national governments and-in return- will benefit the local state governments as well.