Civil liberties in the United States are certain unalienable rights retained by (as opposed to privileges granted to) citizens of the United States under the Constitution of the United States, as interpreted and clarified by the Supreme Court of the United States and lower federal courts. Civil liberties are simply defined as individual legal and constitutional protections from entities more powerful than an individual, for example, parts of the government, other individuals, or corporations. The explicitly defined liberties make up the Bill of Rights, including freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, and the right to privacy. There are also many liberties of people not defined in the Constitution, as stated in the Ninth Amendment: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights,
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| - Civil liberties in the United States (en)
- الحريات المدنية في الولايات المتحدة (ar)
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| - الحريات المدنية في الولايات المتحدة هي حقوق غير قابلة للنزع، يحفظها دستور الولايات المتحدة لكل مواطن أمريكي (بخلاف الامتيازات الممنوحة)، توضح المحكمة العليا للولايات المتحدة والمحاكم الفيدرالية الأدنى هذه الحقوق وتصنفها. (ar)
- Civil liberties in the United States are certain unalienable rights retained by (as opposed to privileges granted to) citizens of the United States under the Constitution of the United States, as interpreted and clarified by the Supreme Court of the United States and lower federal courts. Civil liberties are simply defined as individual legal and constitutional protections from entities more powerful than an individual, for example, parts of the government, other individuals, or corporations. The explicitly defined liberties make up the Bill of Rights, including freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, and the right to privacy. There are also many liberties of people not defined in the Constitution, as stated in the Ninth Amendment: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, (en)
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| - United States Constitution, Amendment I (en)
- United States Constitution, Amendment II (en)
- United States Constitution, Amendment XIX (en)
- United States Constitution, Amendment XXIII (en)
- United States Constitution, Amendment XXVI (en)
- United States Constitution, Article XIV (en)
- United States Constitution, Article XV (en)
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| - 5.680368E8 (second)
- "Congress shall make no law... prohibiting the free exercise thereof;" (en)
- "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech," (en)
- "The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax." (en)
- "Congress shall make no law... abridging... the press," (en)
- "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." (en)
- "Congress shall make no law... abridging... the right of the people peaceably to assemble," (en)
- "Congress shall make no law... abridging... the right of the people... to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." (en)
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