What is-are Civil Rights ? The term civil rights refers to the basic rights afforded, by laws of the government, to every person, regardless of race, nationality, color, gender, age, religion, or disability. This refers to such rights as equal citizenship, equal protection under the law, and due process.
Definition of Civil Rights
The rights to full legal, economic, and social equality, regardless of race, nationality, color, gender, age, religion, or disability.
The non-political rights of a person, especially the personal liberties guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
What are Civil Rights
Americans define civil rights by what they know about the founding of the nation, gleaning their understanding from words in the Declaration of Independence, which provides that, to secure man’s right to the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,
"governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.”
Those unalienable rights, meaning those which cannot be dictated by government, but are rights as a matter of birth, are considered to be “civil liberties.” Civil rights, then are actions taken by government in an attempt to safeguard civil liberties. For instance, the freedom to express oneself, freedom to worship according to one’s own conscience, and the right to protect oneself are civil liberties – rights that are, or should be, held by every person.
The constitutional guarantees of these liberties, and attached prohibitions against government censoring or barring speech or other expression, creation of a government-sponsored religion, or banning of ownership of self-defense weapons, are “civil rights.”
Civil Liberties ; Civil liberties are freedoms due every individual, just based on the fact that they are human beings.
Definition of Civil Liberties
1.Personal freedoms that cannot be taken away or reduced by the government without due process.
2.The right to do or say things that are not illegal without being obstructed by the government.
Many people around the globe hold the belief that every person bears certain rights and freedoms, as granted by God, or simply by virtue of being human. Civil liberties means having freedom from arbitrary interference in one’s pursuits, such as freedom of expression, freedom to practice religion, or freedom to earn a living. In the U.S., these personal freedoms cannot be taken away or diminished by the government without due process of law.
Examples of civil liberties include: Freedom of expression, Freedom of assembly, Freedom of press, Freedom of religion, Freedom of conscience religion or other wise, Right to liberty and security Freedom from torture, Freedom from forced disappearance, Right to privacy, Right to equal treatment under the law, Right to due process, Right to a fair trial, Right to life, Right to marry, Right to vote, Certainly this list is not exhaustive, as other liberties present themselves, such as having a right to defend oneself, or to own property
The Ninth (9th.) Amendment Bill of Rights to the Constitution says . “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.” There are to many to try to enumerate and so not to list them in fear that one was not enumerated, like your right to proved for the necessities of life being work-job-employment, for a shelter, food, cloths, heat, transportation to go about ones daily private activity in ones private property unencumbered by a license of any sort , license plate on ones private conveyance or drivers license restricting these rights, except by due process of law.
One last thing to support and raise avidity to my resolve and complaint is
42 USC 408(a)(8) which states in the pertinent part:
“Whoever . . . compels the disclosure of the social security number of any person in violation of the laws of the United States; shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned for not more than five years, or both.”