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en-wikipedia-org-7901		Civil liberties in the United States - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1339	271	54	Civil liberties in the United States Wikipedia Civil liberties in the United States are certain unalienable rights retained by (as opposed to privileges granted to) citizens of the United States under the Constitution of the United States, as interpreted and clarified by the Supreme Court of the United States and lower federal courts.[1] Civil liberties are simply defined as individual legal and constitutional protections from entities more powerful than an individual, for example, parts of the government, other individuals, or corporations. The extent of civil liberties and the percentage of the population of the United States who had access to these liberties has expanded over time. In the early history of the U.S., most states allowed only white male adult property owners to vote (about 6% of the population).[3][4][5] The Bill of Rights had little impact on judgements by the courts for the first 130 years after ratification.[6]	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-7901.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-7901.txt