The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.

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There are several ways in which the Constitution is used to restrain the people. One is by establishing laws that are not enforceable by the government. For example, in some states, the government may not enforce a law requiring you to wear a seatbelt in your car or keep your children in their car seats when they are in the car with you. Another is by establishing the forms of government in which people have voting rights. This means that if you don’t like the form of government that someone has established, then you can change it by voting for a new form of government.

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