Why did James Madison dislike the idea of the Bill of Rights?
Madison wasn’t exactly against the Bill of Rights. While serving in the new House of Representatives of the United States, Madison sponsored the Bill of Rights. This action fulfilled a pledge he had made during the fight over ratification, when it was charged that the Constitution failed to protect individual rights. He acted as one of President George Washington’s chief advisors in inaugurating the new government. Madison was mostly in favor of a strong centralized government and didn’t think that the individual citizen had enough power on their own to accomplish the things the Bill of Rights stated they would eligible to pursue.
