Your Rights: A Guide to the Constitution

Professor, I created this guide to help our community understand how the U.S.

Constitution and its amendments protect our individual freedoms every single day. The U.S.

Constitution is the highest law in our land. It was created in 1787 to

establish our government and limit its power to protect our freedoms. Excellent work,

Maya. It truly establishes the checks and balances necessary to prevent any abuse

of power within our law enforcement. The Fourteenth Amendment ensures due process and equal protection.

It requires all law enforcement to follow constitutional standards and treat every person fairly.

The Bill of Rights consists of the first ten amendments. These protect our