civil liberty

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But civil liberty groups are worried that its accuracy is yet to be fully established, and point to cases such as Shaun Thompson's.

From BBC • May 25, 2024

Locke also differentiates between natural liberty, which grows out of natural law, and civil liberty, which is the product of governance by a commonwealth.

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

"Public safety is not compromised. Humanitarian-wise, it's a civil liberty issue."

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2022

Indeed, civil liberty groups have lined up to condemn the Care Courts proposal.

From Washington Post • May 11, 2022

These tools of the secretary of state told the famishing multitudes, that if they pleased to enjoy happiness and plenty, together with civil liberty, they had now an opportunity of accomplishing their most earnest wishes.

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne