Civil Liberties

Civil Liberties

1. Copy and paste a picture of the first amendment.

part of the U.S. Constitution: an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that forbids Congress from interfering with a citizen's freedom of religion, speech, assembly, or petition

Define First Amendment

 

2. What source did you use for the above?
pic of First Amendment

3. Define civil liberties.

Civil liberties are civil rights and freedoms that provide an individual specific rights. Though the scope of the term differs amongst various countries, some examples of civil liberties include the freedom from slavery and forced labor, freedom from torture and death, the right to liberty and security, freedom of conscience, freedom of religion, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and association, freedom of speech, the right to privacy, the right to due process, the right to a fair trial, the right to own property, the right to defend one's self, the right to bodily integrity, and the right to keep and bear arms.^{[citation needed]} Within the distinctions between civil liberties and other types of liberty, it is important to note the distinctions between positive liberty/positive rights and negative liberty/negative rights.

4. What source did you use for the above?

Difine Civil Liberties

5. When do you feel civil liberties are infringed upon? Can you give another example of "fringing" on your civil liberties?

I feel that civil liberties are infringed upon when people do idiotic things.