[Roscoe]

The founders, a minority from the several States, commented and made claims regarding rights and justifications for the goverment they created. They placed limits on the power govm't could exert. Some of those limits were expressed explicitely in the Bill of Rights.

Federal government.

[spunkets]

"Federal government."

Govm't, since the same founders represented their States also and were involved in placing limits on their own State govm'ts. I intended the word govm't to be inclusive.