civil libertarian

noun

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

Example Sentences

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.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times

“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

When Edward Snowden, a National Security Agency contractor, revealed that the agency was secretly collecting Americans’ communications records, Feinstein defended the NSA despite cries for change from civil libertarians and Democrats.

From Los Angeles Times

He has at times alarmed civil libertarians by saying he doesn’t believe in the separation of church and state.

From Seattle Times