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Originally Posted by Rainger99
I think you are wrong. It does grant rights to the individual.
This is from archives.gov.
It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individual—like freedom of speech, press, and religion.
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In the language it uses, the Constitution
guarantees rights by restricting Govt.
"Congress shall make no law..."
"...the right of the people...shall not be infringed."
"No soldier...shall be quartered...without the consent of the Owner..."
"The right of the people to be secure...shall not be violated..."
"No person shall be held to answer...."
"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
The Constitution does not say that the Govt is all powerful but here are some rights we will grant to the people.
The Constitution says the rights belong to the people unless stated otherwise. It lists some specific examples of what Govt cannot do but then makes it clear that the list is not complete.