Civil liberties are freedoms protected from government interference, and these are primarily found in the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution. Some examples of civil liberties include the freedom of speech, religion, and the press, the right to bear arms, and protections against search and seizure without a warrant.

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Civil Liberties Are

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Civil liberties are

A) laws that retroactively declare some actions illegal.
B) governmental decrees that a person is guilty of a crime that carries the death penalty, rendered without benefit of a trial.
C) tthe rights to own and use property free from excessive government interference.
D) tthe legal doctrines that a person who is arrested must have a timely hearing before a judge.
E) ffreedoms found primarily in the Bill of Rights that are protected from government interference.

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