Strict Interpretation Of The Constitution

Strict Interpretation of the Constitution
Strict interpretation means that the Constitution must explicitly grant a power or privilege in order for that action to be legal. A loose interpretation doesn’t give any safeguards against government intrusion on the people’s liberty. Strict interpretation is better because it is an approach more likely to get to what the original intent of the Founders of America was. Whereas loose interpretationists can make new laws and invalidate old ones based on an understanding of the Constitution. This is why Antifederalists feared a strong central government, because it could expand its powers and would likely to abuse it.
Thomas Jefferson believed that the federal government must not have too much authority