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What is the main purpose of the bill of rights

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Anti-Federalists held that a bill of rights was necessary to safeguard individual liberty.
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The bill of rights serves to protect citizens from 3xcess government power. it achieves this by ensuring there is separation of powers between different government branches, the judicial, executive, and the legislative.
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