When the founders of the United States of America got together to write the Constitution they anticipated certain issues that might occur between the Federal Government and the individual citizen. It was these concerns that caused them to include certain civil liberties in the Constitution. A civil liberty is an individual right protected by the Constitution against the powers of the government. (Sidlow and Henschen 2001, p. 470). After leaving the command of Britain, the citizens of the colonies were against big centralized government, so when it was decided that the Articles of Confederation wasn't sufficient, and that a Constitution would be drafted, it was also decided, mostly by those known as Anti-Federalist, that civil liberties must be included. Though civil liberties were put in law over 200 years ago, over time they have been challenged up until the present day. Although civil liberties were recognized by the federal government, it took Amendment XIV to incorporate civil......

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