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There is no declaration of rights: and the laws of the general government being paramount to the laws and constitutions of the several states, the declarations of rights, in the separate states, are no security.

According to Anti-Federalist George Mason, why would state rights no longer be protected?

State governments would no longer exist under the Constitution.
Local law enforcement would be too busy enforcing national laws.
Governors could choose not to enforce laws under the Constitution.
National laws and the new Constitution would be stronger than state laws.

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National laws and the new Constitution would be stronger than state laws.

Mason argued the Constitution makes general government laws “paramount to the laws and constitutions of the several states,” so state declarations of rights wouldn’t secure protections.