Summary Of George Mason's Objections To The Constitution

George Mason’s “Objections to the Constitution” was published in October. His assertions reached every state, and Anti-Federalists adopted Mason’s work to disagree publicly with the Constitution. Mason was believed to have claimed he would rather cut off his hand than endorse the Constitution. He argued against the absence of a bill of rights and was convinced the House of Representatives was too limited to represent the citizens appropriately, the Senate obtained too much authority, the federal judiciary would damage the state judiciaries, and finally the president would be the tool in the hands of his advisers or of the Senate. Moreover, Mason had been aghast that the Convention permitted the slave trade to remain until 1808. He also was