constitutional rights
Guaranteed citizen protections
Constitutional rights are protections and freedoms guaranteed by a nation's constitution, particularly the first ten amendments to the U.S.
Constitution known as the Bill of Rights.
These include freedom of speech, religion, and assembly, the right to bear arms, and protection against unreasonable searches.
The court ruled the search violated his constitutional rights.
Constitutional rights limit what governments can do to citizens, distinguishing them from privileges that can be revoked.
- freedom of speechProtected right to speak
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- right to voteLegal power to elect
- freedom of religionRight to practice any faith
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
search and seizure · freedom of assembly · racial equality · First Amendment · freedom of thought · freedom of the press · freedom of expression · gender equality · presumption of innocence · right to a fair trial · speedy trial · right to privacy · bear arms · habeas corpus · right to appeal · freedom of association · right to protest · vote
- rightscivil liberties, right, immunity, liberty, constitutional guarantees
- civil rightsequal protection, right to life, civil liberties, desegregation, freedom of religion
- constitutional lawFirst Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, Tenth Amendment
- criminal lawcrime, felony, misdemeanor, murder, robbery
- church-statechurch-state, separation, church-state separation, establishment clause, religious accommodation
- Constitutionpreamble, articles, Article I, First Amendment, Second Amendment
constitutional rightsprivileges
Rights granted to some
royal privileges · licenses · concessions · favors · permissions
constitutional rightsgovernment powers
Legal capacities of the state
state authority · police powers · sovereign immunity · executive authority · martial law
constitutional rightstotalitarianism
State controls everything absolutely
tyranny · despotism · authoritarianism · absolute monarchy · dictatorship
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