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By giving people rights protected by law that no one (even the government) can not take away.
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The Declaration of Independence said that all men were endowed with certain unalienable rights, namely, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It also says that "to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.." In other words, the purpose of government should be to protect our rights. As long as you do not take away the life, liberty, or property of someone else, yours should not be taken away.
Our Constitution was created to protect those rights. It did so by setting up a system of free government, and creating checks and balances, so that government would have only limited power.
The Constitution included, in the Bill of Rights, some of the rights they believed to be our natural rights.
The Constitution also made us a government of the people, by the people, for the people. Instead of one leader being sovereign, we were all sovereigns.
So we are the guardians of our own freedom. As long as the Constitution is followed, our rights will be protected.
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Which document did the best job protecting liberties?
The Constitution of the US!
Does the US Constitution give the people power or control their power?
The Constitution gives more power to the people.
Can you give me a sentence for liberties?
I was simply walking along the beach when a group of police deprived me of my liberties when they arrested me. Liberties taste to us soldiers much more different than to the rest of the people.
What are the basic civil liberties guaranteed to us by the US Constitution?
In the United States, the US Constitution recognizes the basic human rights granted to its people by God. The Constitution does not "give" its people rights. The US Constitution documents a number of things, such as the way the Federal government operates. Under the US Constitution, the rights already alluded to are written in the part of the Constitution called the Bill of Rights. These rights the Constitution guarantees include important issues such as free speech, freedom of the press and freedom to practice one's religion. The Federal Constitution lays out the ways Federal officials are elected and appointed. When it was ratified in 1793, it was the most progressive document defining a democratic nation that had ever existed.
Can states extend civil liberties or civil rights beyond those in the US Constitution?
Yes. But this would not protect the person who goes beyond the limits in the US Constitution from prosecution in Federal Court. What the states may not do is impose more restrictive limits on civil liberties or civil rights than those in the US Constitution.
Why was The Bill of Rights added to the the US Constitution?
The US Bill of Rights was created to protect U.S. citizen's individual liberties.
Are individual rights and liberties adequately protected by the US Constitution?
Of course not! No piece of paper can defend your way out of a paper bag, much less the individual liberties of a county's citizens. The protection afforded by the words of the US constitution is only as good as the will of a free people to take those words seriously and enforce them. "Tyranny is never more than one generation away."
What Liberties and freedoms of people in the US are listed in the what?
i think the parlament
Which of these parts of the US Constitution contains fundamental liberties of American citizens?
(bill of rights)
In 1791 when the US Constitution was sent to the states for approval several states asked for a to guarantee the personal liberties of citizens?
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What are the two main Constitutional sources of your Civil Liberties?
The Constitution really grants us zero liberties or rights. It acknowledges that we are born with certain rights and that the Government is not supposed to limit or take away from those rights. The Constitution grants the Government certain limited rights over us to make a civil and useful society. Other then those limitations we allow the Government to have under the constitution, we are free to do what we wish. The Constitution gives our Government certain (very limited) rights and liberties. We have chosen to allow our Government to have these rights to allow for a working society.
Why was The bill of rights was added to the US Constitution to?
The US Bill of Rights was created to protect U.S. citizen's individual liberties.
