For the United States, the Bill of Rights serves the basic purpose of protecting individual rights and liberties. Yet it also performs a fundamental role in establishing an environment that supports and sustains civil society. While the Founders may not have used the term “civil society” in their writings and discussions, the rights they protected in these first 10 amendments to the Constitution encourage citizens to engage with each other informally and formally in civic institutions to continually improve the nation’s democracy. Part A
Review the amendments in the Bill of rights. Choose three rights to focus on—the rights you believe are the most important ones in the document. Take notes in the table provided below about each right. Include the amendment number and the name of the right, identify a current real-world scenario that illustrates conflict around that right, and describe the reasons explaining the different sides of the conflict.