Talk:Human rights in the United States/Draft
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The United States has an established legal tradition of providing strong protection for civil rights and human rights. Its founding document, the United States Constitution and in particular the Bill of Rights, provides for several guaranteed rights, including freedom of speech, freedom of the press, right to trial, right to a jury, right against self-incrimination, right against unwarranted search and seizure, and the banning of cruel and unusual punishment.
Many (who? if there are many, we should be able to detail who they are. Ta bu shi da yu) view the United States as an exemplary human-rights leader and consider these enumerated rights to be among the strongest in the world, while critics (which critics? - Ta bu shi da yu) point to what they see as hypocrisy in both the domestic and the foreign policies of the United States government and claim that the rights formally guaranteed by the American constitution have been eroded.
The issue of human rights in the United States involves controversial issues such as capital punishment, police brutality, the "War on Drugs", and sexual morality. Finer points which are sometimes debated are a perceived media concentration that might drown out voices of dissent, and the details of the justice system (minimum sentencing laws, plea bargains, inadequate public defenders, etc.).
After the attacks of September 11, 2001, pressure from the government of the United States for more surveillance of the general population has led to heightened criticism of the government's violation of citizens' privacy and of control measures that do not respect prisoner dignity.