Paine, along with many revolutionaries of the period, viewed government as being inherently limited, in the sense that it was meant to serve the people and not the other way around. That's why he wrote "common sense" which talked about the absurdity of British rule over the colonies.
Both were a series of articles written under fake names to protect the writers. The viewpoint of the group, such as the federalists, who wanted a strong national government, and the antifederalists who were afraid of an imbalance of power, were presented and argued back and forth. People reading these publications had access to information that they would not have had otherwise, and therefore were influenced by the opinions of these two groups.
All a b c because you could do all of these things
The main purpose of the amending process described in Article V of the Constitution is to permanently protect the people of the nation from unreasonable amendment proposals and ratifications.