Individual rights and public order play a big part in everyday lives. For a state to have a functional society there needs to be a balance of both. When society cannot find an even balance between both of them, problem arises. Public order can violate individual rights and individual rights can put restrictions on public order. Individual rights play a huge part in our lives. Without individual’s rights, how can society function as a nation? Many positives derive from individual rights compare to the amount of negatives from these rights can be minimal. Public order plays a big part in how this nation functions. Public order keeps us safe from individuals, the nation safe from foreign beliefs, safe from terrorist, and keeps us safe from each other. The following paper will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of individual rights and public order. The history of why both public order and individual rights are needed to function as a democratic nation.
History of Individuals Rights
Individual rights are entitled to everyone in the United States whether a citizen or not of the country. These rights should never be denied by any governmental agency no matter the status on the individual. Delegates from 13 states came together with a blueprint for self-government in Philadelphia in 1787 during the summer. The first idea drafted was the system of checks and balances and included a federal judiciary and representative legislature. When the Constitution was created, it did not hold a specific statement toward individual rights. Without written documentation stating specific regulations that the government could not do, the American people did not have individual rights. For example, it did not include what the government could or not do. In 1787, “consent of the governed” referred to White men only. The goal for individual rights had to apply to everyone and not just White men, but every person. In the beginning