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This right allows individuals to own firearms. It is based on the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

The Constitution prohibits Congress from passing bills of attainder, which would legislatively determine guilt and impose punishment upon an identifiable individual without provision of the protections of a trial.

The right to circulate opinions in print without censorship by the government. Established in the First Amendment.

The right to hold public meetings and form associations without interference by the government. Affirmed by the First Amendment.

The Fifth Amendment ensures that individuals cannot be forced to testify against themselves, which would make them a 'witness' unto themselves.

The right to express information, ideas, and opinions free of government restrictions based on content. Based on the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

The right to join or leave groups voluntarily, the right to associate with others in pursuit of a wide variety of political, social, economic, educational, religious, and cultural ends. Protected by the First Amendment.

Defined within the Fourteenth Amendment, it grants citizenship to 'all persons born or naturalized in the United States'.

The Seventh Amendment guarantees a right to a jury trial in certain civil cases and inhibits courts from overturning a jury's findings of fact.

The Sixth Amendment includes several protections ensuring a fair trial, such as the confrontation clause, impartial jury, and notice of accusation.

The right to have the assistance of lawyers for one's defense, guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment.

The Fourth Amendment guards against the government's ability to conduct unreasonable searches and seizures of property without a warrant or probable cause.

Although not stated explicitly in the Constitution, protections have been interpreted through the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and enforced through various federal statutes and court decisions.

The notion that individuals have basic rights under natural law that precede and supersede any government authority, as reflected in the Declaration of Independence, has influenced constitutional interpretation.

Several amendments, including the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-sixth, provide protections against discrimination in voting based on race, color, previous condition of servitude, sex, payment of tax, or age.

The right to challenge one's detention or imprisonment before a judge. Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution guarantees the habeas corpus privilege.

The Eighth Amendment prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments.

The Third Amendment prohibits the forcible housing of military personnel in a citizen's home during peacetime and limits it during war.

The Constitution prohibits the United States from granting titles of nobility, reinforcing the separation from the British class system and ensuring equality before the law.

The Constitution forbids the passing of ex post facto laws, which criminalize actions retroactively.

The Sixth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury.

The Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

The Fifth Amendment states that no individual can be tried twice for the same offense, providing protection from double jeopardy.

The Constitution provides a mechanism for amendments, allowing its adaptation over time. This is grounded in Article V of the Constitution.

The right to practice any religion or no religion, without government interference. Grounded in the First Amendment's Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause.

The Fourteenth Amendment provides that no state shall deny any person within its jurisdiction 'the equal protection of the laws'.

The Fifth Amendment's Takings Clause provides that private property cannot be taken for public use without just compensation.

The Sixth Amendment guarantees the right to a trial by an impartial jury of one's peers in criminal prosecutions.

Not explicitly stated but derived from various amendments such as the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 9th, and 14th Amendments, this right protects citizens from governmental intrusion into personal life.