civil libertarian
Americannoun
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I suspect that experience gave her a very strong civil libertarian instinct that manifests here as a deep skepticism towards state power to criminalize gun possession.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
I think I describe myself in the book as a civil libertarian leftist, and I still am.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2025
“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
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 Sterling, Bruce
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