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   Civil Rights and Liberties, Department of Justice (Separate Website)
This government site has information about how to report civil rights violations, and it has information about some civil rights issues.
By: U.S. Department of Justice
  
   
   Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice (Separate Website)
Homepage of the government unit responsible for enforcing major federal anti-discrimination laws.
By: U.S. Department of Justice
  
   
   Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons (Separate Website)
Federal laws protect people in jails and prisons.
By: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
  
   
   The Police & Your Rights (Separate Website)
Questions and answers about police issues from the American Bar Association's Division for Public Education.
  
   
   Your Constitutional Rights: 50 Pivotal U.S. Supreme Court Cases (Separate Website)
Describes 50 of the most important United States Supreme Court cases on different Constitutional rights, including Free Speech, Freedom of the Press, Free Exercise/Establishment of Religion, Freedom of Association, Search and Seizure, Due Process of Law, Right of Trial by Jury, Equal Protection of Laws, and the Right to Vote.
By: American Civil Liberties Union of Montana
  
   
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