To expand on the answer given above; several hundred checks and balances were designed into the system of government to protect liberties; the people who wrote the constitution and those who worked with them admitted that if these failed it was the power of arms (a gun) that would guarantee they stay in place (loosely quoted from several hundred sources).
The Federalists promised amendments to guarantee the civil liberties of the people.
by the bill of rights.
civil rights guarantee equal treatment under the law for all citizens
Answer this question… Expanded civil liberties
People's Union for Civil Liberties was created in 1976.
Civil Liberties are rights and freedoms that provide an individual with specific rights.
Civil liberties were added, in the form of the Bill of Rights.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
International Foundation for Civil Liberties was created in 2000.
European Civil Liberties Network was created in 2005.
Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute was created in 1965.
Canadian Civil Liberties Association was created in 1964.