Mason refused to sign the constitution and lobbied against its ratification in his home state. explanation: believing the document as drafted gave too much power to a central government and was incomplete absent a bill of rights to guarantee individual liberty.
In deciding the values to weigh increased heavily in looking at the trade offs between diverse values is focusing at the risks levels of the values being traded. Values with increased risks are less considered compared to those values with less risk levels.
Appositives give more information about or explain in detail about a noun or pronoun. In this case, author is an appositive identifying Suzanne Collins.