You can criticize the government, advocate unpopular ideas, and share information.

Press can publish information and criticize officials; prior restraints are presumptively unconstitutional.

Government can’t target religious practice; neutral, generally applicable laws usually stand.

Government cannot endorse or establish a religion.

People can gather peacefully in public to express views.

You can ask the government to fix problems without being punished for it.

Individuals have a right to possess firearms for lawful purposes; regulations vary.

Government must follow fair procedures before taking life, liberty, or property.

Some liberties are so fundamental that government must meet very high standards to restrict them.

Government can’t treat similarly situated people differently without adequate justification.

Police need probable cause and particularized warrants; narrow exceptions exist.

Core protections for anyone accused of a crime.