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  2. Civil liberties in the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Since the Constitution became operational in 1789, it has been amended 27 times. [19] [20] The first ten amendments, known collectively as the Bill of Rights, offer specific protections of individual liberty and justice and place restrictions on the powers of government within the U.S. states.

  4. Civil liberties - Wikipedia

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    [19] In the abstract, the constitution strives to secure fundamental individual liberties and rights, which are covered pointedly in articles 10 to 40. Most salient of the human dignity articles is article 25, section 1, which guarantees that all "people shall have the right to maintain the minimum standards of wholesome and cultured living."

  5. Ordered liberty - Wikipedia

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    He argues that the Constitution was designed to protect individual liberty within a framework of ordered liberty, which balances the need for social order with the importance of individual freedom. [2] Mathias contended the Constitution's original intent is a framework for ordered liberty, not a fixed set of rules.

  6. Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness - Wikipedia

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    An alternative phrase "life, liberty, and property", is found in the Declaration of Colonial Rights, a resolution of the First Continental Congress. The Fifth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution declare that governments cannot deprive any person of "life, liberty, or property" without due process of law.

  7. Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    The amendment as proposed by Congress in 1789 and ratified by the states: No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be ...

  8. Opinion - Executive orders pose risks to liberty and governance

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    Excessive use of executive orders should chill supporters of the Constitution, limited government, individual liberty, free markets and peace. There is a proper role for executive orders, but it ...

  9. United States Bill of Rights - Wikipedia

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    The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.Proposed following the often bitter 1787–88 debate over the ratification of the Constitution and written to address the objections raised by Anti-Federalists, the Bill of Rights amendments add to the Constitution specific guarantees of personal freedoms and rights, clear limitations on the ...