Civil liberties.  Personal, natural rights guaranteed and protected by Constitution; e.g.  freedom of speech, press, freedom from discrimination, etc.  Body of law dealing with natural liberties, shorn of excesses which invade equal rights of others.  Constitutionally, they are restraints on government.  Sowers v. Ohio Civil Rights Commission, 20 Ohio Misc. 115, 252 N.E.2d 463, 476.  State law may recognize liberty interests more extensive than those independently protected by the Federal Constitution.  Mills v. Rogers, 457 U.S. 291, 300, 102 S.Ct. 2442, 2449. 73 L.Ed. 2d 16 (1982).  See also Bill of Rights; Civil Rights Acts; Fundamental rights.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)-federal agency that enforces civil rights in the workplace and prevent workplace discrimination

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)-private, nonprofit, secular, and mostly volunteer foundation that sponsors and executes litigation to protect civil liberties.

American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ)-private, nonprofit, Christian, and mostly volunteer foundation that sponsors and executes litigation to protect civil liberties.  Focuses mainly on issues relating to religious freedom under the First Amendment.

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