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What is the difference between the constitution granting rights and protecting rights?

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Answer:That's exactly what the Constitution does. It grants rights to the federal government. The entire premise of the document is, "We declare that our government has no power over us except for the following. " In other words, if the federal government isn't specifically granted the right to do something by the Constitution, it can't do it.

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