Bill of Rights

Title: Bill of Rights
Category: Law & Government / Government & Politics | Words: 1489 | Pages: 6.3 (approximately 235 words/page)

Bill of Rights

The Bill of Rights “Individual rights are the oldest and most traditional of American values.” (ACLU, 1997) The Bill of Rights is a document consisting of the Constitution’s first ten amendments. The first eight of these amendments specify certain basic freedoms and safeguards we as citizens hold. They protect the people from wrongdoings or unjust acts committed toward them by the federal government. The Government, due to these amendments, cannot change or interfere with these …showed first 75 words of 1489 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1489 total…between police and civilians across the United States. In conclusion, the fourth and eight amendments closely deal with the justice system of the United States, not only for civilians, but for the police department as well. These rights protect citizens as individuals from the government and limit the power that the higherarchy of justice has. If it were not for these two amendments, the individual's rights would not be as useful as they are today.

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