How does the Bill of Rights protect you?
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Responses

It restricts both the federal and state governments from abusing your natural rights.
It restricts both the federal and state governments from abusing your natural rights.

It keeps the local police from searching your home without having federal permission.
It keeps the local police from searching your home without having federal permission.

It lists your civil rights and provides penalties if they are not kept.
It lists your civil rights and provides penalties if they are not kept.

It allows citizens to decide for themselves which rules a government must follow.
The correct response is:
It restricts both the federal and state governments from abusing your natural rights.
It restricts both the federal and state governments from abusing your natural rights.
The correct answer is:
It restricts both the federal and state governments from abusing your natural rights.
The Bill of Rights protects individuals by placing limitations on the powers of the government. It is a collection of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution and ensures certain fundamental rights and liberties. These amendments provide important protections for individuals against potential abuses of power by the government. They include rights such as freedom of speech, religion, and assembly, the right to bear arms, protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, the right to a fair trial, and protection against cruel and unusual punishment, among others.
To arrive at this answer, you could have eliminated the options that were not accurate explanations. Let's evaluate the other options:
- "It keeps the local police from searching your home without having federal permission." This answer is not entirely accurate. The Fourth Amendment of the Bill of Rights protects against unreasonable searches and seizures, but federal permission is not required for local police to search a home. It rather establishes the requirement for a warrant issued by a neutral judge, based on probable cause.
- "It lists your civil rights and provides penalties if they are not kept." While this option mentions civil rights and consequences for their violation, it does not explain how the Bill of Rights protects individuals. The Bill of Rights lays out specific rights granted to individuals and acts as a constraint on governmental power.
- "It allows citizens to decide for themselves which rules a government must follow." This answer is incorrect as it does not accurately describe the purpose or function of the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights does not grant citizens the authority to decide which rules the government must follow, but rather establishes certain rights that are protected from infringement by the government.
Therefore, the correct answer is that the Bill of Rights restricts both the federal and state governments from abusing individuals' natural rights.