Human Rights in The United States

Human rights in the United States are legally protected by the Constitution of the United States, including the amendments,, state constitutions, conferred by treaty, and enacted legislatively through Congress, state legislatures, and plebiscites (state referenda). Federal courts in the United States have jurisdiction over international human rights laws as a federal question, arising under international law, which is part of the law of the United States.

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