Political Science POLS-Y 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Civil Liberties, Incorporation Of The Bill Of Rights
10 Feb 2017
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The bill of rights was written in 1789 to set forth the natural rights of citizens in the. U. s, it was also limited to limit the new national governments ability to overstep authority. Civil liberties = the person guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot abridge by law, constitution or judicial interpretation: place limitation on governments power to restrain or dictate an individuals actins. Civil rights= the government-protected rights of individual against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by governments or individuals. By 1787 most state constitutions protected most of the person liberties: recognition of increased power of the new national government, anti- federalists stressed the idea for a bill of rights. Ninth amendment = part of the bill of rights that makes it clear that enumerating rights in the constitution or bill of rights does not mean that others do not exist.
