civil libertarian
Americannoun
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There may be something similar with Judge Montgomery-Reeves: She worked closely with the Legal Aid Society’s Prisoners’ Rights project for several years, and I think that may have imparted a civil libertarian streak.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
“It’s a traditional view, maybe it’s a lingering civil libertarian view that the jury punishes someone not for who they are alleged to be, but what they’ve done in this case,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
The acting secretary of labor, Louis F. Post, was a liberal civil libertarian and a founder of the NAACP.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2022
“And because she follows the law unflinchingly, she cannot be pigeonholed. In criminal cases, for example, she is neither a civil libertarian nor a law-and-order hawk; she is a judge.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2020
Point Foundation, the inspiration of a wealthy Californian 60s radical named Stewart Brand, was to be a major launch-pad of the civil libertarian effort.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Bruce Sterling
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