CIVIL_RIGHTS_AND_CIVIL_LIBERTIES

CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Civil rights and civil liberties are two common statements that sometimes are used inadvertently with one another. The two statements do coincide with each other, but mean different things. Civil rights “are the rights belonging to an individual by virtue of citizenship, especially the fundamental freedoms and privileged guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments to the U.S. Constitution and by subsequent acts of Congress, including civil liberties, due process, equal protection of the laws, and freedom from discrimination” (American Heritage). The 14th amendment states that “no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens… No State shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law” (Articles-website). Civil liberties on the other hand are “fundamental individual rights such as freedom of speech and religion protected by law against unwarranted governmental or other interference” (American Heritage). Civil rights and civil liberties may seem like the same exact thing but when you break them down, the difference between the two is clear. Civil rights are the rights that are given to U.S. citizens that make ‘everyone created equal.’ Civil rights rights, civil, person, discrimination, racial, people, liberties, freedom, september, going, because, arab-americans, america, white, two, states, security, officer, just, every, equal, due, york, website, times, taken, society, skin, shall, saying, same, religious, plane, one