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The 33 pages that link to United States Bill of Rights, each with the reason it gives.

• American RevolutionRelated: Its protections answered concerns that the new federal government might threaten individual liberties.

• LiberalismBroader topic: Bills of rights make liberal protections explicit and legally enforceable.

• Constitution of the United StatesBroader topic: These amendments set out central protections for individual liberty.

• Civil libertiesBroader topic: It enumerates protections that became central to American civil liberties.

• James MadisonBroader topic: Madison drafted and shepherded these amendments in response to calls for explicit protections.

• Articles of ConfederationRelated: Debates over concentrated national power under the Articles informed demands for explicit constitutional protections.

• ConstitutionBroader topic: It is a common constitutional form for stating protections against government power.

• Constitutional amendmentRelated: Amendments often add, revise, or remove constitutional rights protections.

• Fourth Amendment to the United States ConstitutionNarrower topic: The Fourth Amendment was adopted as one provision of this package.

• Bill of Rights 1689Compared with: Its name echoes the English statute, but its protections and constitutional setting differ.

• Fifth Amendment to the United States ConstitutionNarrower topic: The Fifth Amendment was adopted as part of this package of protections.

• Constitutional ConventionBroader topic: Ratification debates produced demands for the amendments that became the Bill of Rights.

• Grand juryRelated: The Fifth Amendment placed a grand jury indictment requirement in the federal constitutional framework.

• Tyranny of the majorityBroader topic: Explicit rights can place certain liberties beyond ordinary majority votes.

• Anti-FederalismBroader topic: The demand for explicit rights protections became a key concession in the ratification struggle.

• Virginia Declaration of RightsRelated: Several protections in the federal Bill of Rights parallel provisions first stated in Virginia’s declaration.

• South African Constitution of 1996Broader topic: Chapter 2 sets out the rights central to the Constitution’s post-apartheid settlement.

• Constitutional democracyBroader topic: It makes particular rights explicit and gives courts and officials standards to enforce.

• Individual rightsBroader topic: Its guarantees became a prominent constitutional form for protecting individuals from federal power.

• Eighth Amendment to the United States ConstitutionNarrower topic: The Eighth Amendment entered the Constitution as part of this set of protections.

• Limited governmentBroader topic: Its explicit protections illustrate how constitutional limits can shield individual liberties.

• Civil and political rightsBroader topic: It became an influential model for enumerating enforceable individual freedoms.

• Civil liberties in the United StatesBroader topic: Its amendments supply many of the best-known guarantees of individual freedom.

• William O. DouglasNarrower topic: Douglas’s opinions repeatedly invoked its protections for speech, religion, and privacy.

• Patrick HenryRelated: Henry’s opposition to ratification helped intensify demands for explicit constitutional protections.

• American political historyBroader topic: Its protections became central to later struggles over civil liberties and government authority.

• Federal government of the United StatesBroader topic: It constrained federal power and helped secure support for ratification.

• History of human rightsBroader topic: It entrenched civil and political protections in a national constitution.

• Learned HandRelated: Hand’s caution about judicial enforcement raised enduring questions about who should safeguard these guarantees.

• Civil libertarianismNarrower topic: Its protections anchor many American debates about individual freedom and government restraint.

• Politics of the United StatesRelated: Its protections became a lasting focus of constitutional politics.

• Right to Keep and Bear ArmsNarrower topic: The Second Amendment was adopted as one provision in this package of constitutional guarantees.

• Shays's RebellionCompared with: Its protections addressed fears of government power that coexisted with demands for stronger national authority.