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These two structural guarantees are designed to protect our individual liberties by preventing the centralization of an all-powerful government. The Framers and Ratifiers of the Constitution knew that no Bill of Rights or “written guarantee” would stand in the way of an all-powerful centralized government. So they did everything possible to prevent this potential monopoly of governmental powers from falling into the hands of a despotic and ruling class.

⁠— Armon Eaton