Question

What rights and freedoms are people fighting for? How do you balance governmental authority with personal freedom?

Answer 1

Answer:

People were fighting for civil rights the scope of which has become wider with the increasing time.

Explanation:

Individual rights are refers to those civil liberties  which  include not only the right to life , freedom, and the pursuit of happiness, as set out in the Declaration of Independence, but also the rights to free speech,  propogation of religion, press, assembly, and all the others explicitly mentioned in the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution. However individual freedom sometimes came in conflict with the government authority which represent the common good of people. To maintain the balance of power the ideals of the constituion should be prevailed and in some specific cases the help of judiciary is advisable.