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Our rights, natural or God given, are protected by the Constitution itself. The constitution creates a federal government to do the few things States alone can not do. It also places several restrictions on that government; see article I, section 9. The Bill of Rights is a set of further restrictions on the federal government. It has a preamble that states that very clearly. That is how your rights are protected.
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What was added to the Constitution in order to protect citizens' rights from action of the national government?
Bill of rights!
Who thought a bill of rights was unnecessary since the Constitution was already designed to protect the rights of citizens?
Federalists
A key function of the Bill of Rights is to protect?
Yes, the reason the Bill of Rights was created was to protect the rights of the nations citizens. The main reason it came about was to appease the anti-federalist in the 1780's when the constitution was to be originally ratified.
Why was the bill of rights added to the constitution prior to the radification?
Some states or people (like Virginia's Patrick Henry) thought that the Constitution did not adequately protect individual citizens' rights. Therefore, a Bill of Rights was added so more states would ratify the Constitution, and the American people were afforded more protection than with the Constitution alone. The Bill of Rights added a significant number of rights and privileges not given to citizens under the Constitution alone.
What was the principal motivation for drafting the bill of rights?
To Protect the rights that were not specified in the Constitution. In my opinion it also was a compromise for the Anti-Federalists, since this was main reason for not ratifying the Constitution.
What is the purpous of the constitution?
to protect the rights of citizens
How did the framers try to protect the rights of citizens of the constitution?
They added the Bill of Rights in order to guarantee the basic rights of all citizens.
How does the constitution protect s the rights of citizens?
The bill of rights which is the first ten amendments.
What legal document protect your rights as Mexican citizens?
The Mexican Constitution
What was added to the Constitution in order to protect citizens' rights from action of the national government?
Bill of rights!
What are arguments for amending a Bill of Rights to the original Constitution?
The argument for adding the Bill of Rights to the Constitution was to protect individual freedoms of the citizens.
Who thought a bill of rights was unnecessary since the Constitution was already designed to protect the rights of citizens?
Federalists
How did the bill of rights further protect the freedom of citizens?
It clearly defined the rights protected by the U.S. Constitution. It clearly defined the rights protected by the U.S. Constitution.
What were anti- federalist?
The constitution needed more to it, such as a bill of rights, to accurately protect the rights of its citizens for generations to come.
How did the bill of rights further protect the freedoms of the U.S citizens?
It clearly defined the rights protected by the U.S. Constitution.
Whose rights does the constitution and Bill of Rights protect?
Individual citizens from the power of the federal government and state government.
A statutory constitution seeks to control the powers of?
The purpose of a statutory constitution is to keep control of the government. It is meant to protect the rights of the citizens.
