Bill of Rights and Civil Liberties

Running head: BILL OF RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
BILL OF RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES
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BILL OF RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES1
The founding fathers of the Constitution thought the importance of Civil liberties of
every individual. Thus, they thought that the necessary modifications in the Bill of Rights
should be provided. The Civil rights protect the citizens from the government supremacy.
The Civil Liberties remain deeply ingrained, which in turn limits and restricts the federal
government in application of its power. The founding fathers always thought it to be
necessary that the government cannot restrict individuals from basic rights which paved the
way for their amendments in the Bill (Currie, Iain, and Johan De Waal). The administration
cannot restrict the basic and civil freedoms, like freedom of speech, assembly, petition and
religion .The 1st to 10th amendments provides the details about these Bill of Rights.
The 1st Amendments notifies about the liberty of speech, press rights, right for
assembly, petition and religion. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th amendments helps in providing right to
bear arms, guard from having groups inside one’s family, shield from irrational search and
confiscation. The 5th to 8th Amendments defines the due procedure, the right to hearing by
jury, security from the cruel and unfair punishments. 9th and 10th Amendments defines those
particular privileges which were specified by the Bill of Rights. The Bill mostly relates for
the federal government, still the people were unprotected from the states encroaching of the
Civil liberties (Cogan). The Fourteenth Modification which was sanctioned in the year of
1868, now protects the citizens against any state infringing their civil rights. It was as initial
part of the twentieth century when the magistrates began to practice assimilation and
incorporation, which helped in imposing this important amendment, by almost obliging the
government to abide the laws.
As discussed, right from the beginning of the twentieth century, the courts started to
do Incorporation, which led to the enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment, and imposing
upon the states to stand by the Bill of Rights. In this process of doing this, the courts started
urging for Selective Incorporation, and requesting the conditions to integrate respective