What do civil liberties protect us from?

What do civil liberties protect us from?

Civil liberties are freedoms guaranteed to us by the Constitution to protect us from tyranny (think: our freedom of speech), while civil rights are the legal rights that protect individuals from discrimination (think: employment discrimination). You also have the right to vote and the right to privacy.

Who has civil liberties?

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.

Does the ACLU support the Second Amendment?

ACLU Position Given the reference to “a well regulated Militia” and “the security of a free State,” the ACLU has long taken the position that the Second Amendment protects a collective right rather than an individual right.

Is Amendment 3 still relevant?

The Third Amendment seems to have no direct constitutional relevance at present; indeed, not only is it the least litigated amendment in the Bill of Rights, but the Supreme Court has never decided a case on the basis of it.

What is the Third and Fourth Amendment?

The Third and Fourth Amendments are intended to protect citizens’ rights to the ownership and use of their property without government intrusion. The Fourth Amendment protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures by government officials.

What does take the Fifth mean?

A popular phrase that refers to a witness’s refusal to testify on the ground that the testimony might incriminate the witness in a crime.

What does I plead the 6th mean?

Pleading the Sixth: Forcing trial court judges to design and directly oversee the system that provides attorneys to represent indigent defendants always opens the door to the dangers of undue judicial interference with the right to counsel.