#civil_right__civilright__civil_rights  right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality
  supertype:  #human_right__humanright  any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)
  subtype:  #civil_liberty__civilliberty  fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference
  subtype:  #habeas_corpus  right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment
  subtype:  #freedom_of_religion  guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution
  subtype:  #freedom_of_speech  guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution
  subtype:  #freedom_of_the_press  guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution
  subtype:  #freedom_of_assembly  right peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances; guaranteed by the 1st amendment to the US constitution
  subtype:  #freedom_to_bear_arms  guaranteed by the 2nd amendment to the US constitution
  subtype:  #freedom_from_search_and_seizure__freedomfromsearchandseizure  guaranteed by the 4th amendment to the US constitution
  subtype:  #right_to_due_process  guaranteed by the 5th amendment to the US constitution; reaffirmed by the 14th amendment
  subtype:  #freedom_from_self-incrimination__freedomfromselfincrimination  guaranteed by the 5th amendment to the US constitution
  subtype:  #freedom_from_double_jeopardy  guaranteed by the 5th amendment to the US constitution
  subtype:  #right_to_speedy_and_public_trial_by_jury  guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US constitution
  subtype:  #right_to_an_attorney  guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US constitution
  subtype:  #right_to_confront_accusors  guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US constitution
  subtype:  #freedom_from_cruel_and_unusual_punishment  guaranteed by the 8th amendment to the US constitution
  subtype:  #freedom_from_involuntary_servitude  guaranteed by the 13th amendment to the US constitution
  subtype:  #equal_protection_of_the_laws  guaranteed by the 14th amendment to the US constitution and by the due-process clause of the 5th amendment
  subtype:  #freedom_from_discrimination  freedom from discrimination on the basis of race or sex or nationality or religion or age; guaranteed by US Federal laws
  subtype:  #equal_opportunity__equalopportunity  equivalent opportunities for employment regardless of race or color or sex or national origin

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