How does the bill of rights protect the government from the citizens?

Question

How does the bill of rights protect the government from the citizens?

Answer 1

You have it backwards.  The bill of rights protects the citizens from the government.

Answer 2

Now! That is a million dollar question! The ACLU, Ted Kennedy, Not FONDA JANE, Hillary Clinton, Oprah, Obomber, and their followers have been working on destroying the government as citizens and they haven't been able to yet, must be one responsiable person and that keeps confusing them!

Answer 3

It does not, It protects the rights of citizens from it's government and each other.

Answer 4

In a real democracy the government can never be protected from the citizenry.  But citizens must be protected from the government and its minions.

Answer 5

It was never intended to protect the government from the citizens.  It was intended to protect the citizens from the government.  The constitution is intended to limit the government's power.  Every power that is not explicitly given to the government by the constitution, belongs to the people and the states.  The government is overstepping its bounds, big time.  *sm*