Read the following excerpt
Excerpt from Madison v. Marbury, written by Supreme Court Justice John Marshall
The very essence [most important element] of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim
the protection of the laws whenever he receives an injury [is harmed or his rights are violated). One of the first
duties of government is to afford that protection,
Which sentence from the Declaration of Independence supports the same principle?
O "to secure these rights, Governments are Instituted among Men"
o "governments...(get) their Just powers from the consent of the governed"
o "all men are created equal (and) are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights
o 'whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends. It is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it."