civil libertarian

noun

1. a person who actively supports or works for the protection or expansion of civil liberties.

Example Sentences

Free-speech advocates and civil libertarians denounced the arrest as a chilling example of law enforcement overreach.

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Police officials say the campaign has helped keep the city safe, but it has drawn concern from civil libertarians and Muslim groups.

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I think I describe myself in the book as a civil libertarian leftist, and I still am.

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Another reason is that in the 1960s, civil libertarians and others argued that people with mental illness were being neglected and abused in the state’s mental hospitals.

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Although states have made their digital licenses optional, some civil libertarians also worry about the prospect of mandatory digital IDs, which would raise equity issues alongside privacy ones.

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