?PAGE ? ?PAGE ?9? seq NL1 \r 0 \h Chapter 5 Outline Introduction SEQ NLI \r 0 \h Civil liberties Rights?chiefly, rights to be free of government interference?accorded to an individual by the Constitution: free speech, free press, and so on. The politics of civil liberties SEQ NLA \r 0 \h seq NL1 \r 0 \h The Framers believed that the Constitution limited government?what was not specifically allowed was obviously not allowed SEQ NL1 \r 0 \h seq NL1 \r 0 \h States ratifying constitutions demanded the addition of the Bill of Rights. The seq NL_a \r 0 \h ?? seq NL_a \r 0 \h Bill of Rights was seen as specific restrictions on federal government actions. The seq NL_a \r 0 \h Bill of Rights was not originally understood as applying to state government actions.