What does the term “civil rights” mean to you? Images of Martin Luther King Jr. speaking to crowds at the Lincoln Memorial or Vietnam war protesters on the courthouse steps often come to mind. But our civil rights include a broad range of rights we often don’t think much about that dissolve if we don’t protect them.  Freedom of Speech.  Freedom of Religion.  Freedom of Assembly.  The Right to Bear Arms. Protection against Unreasonable Search and Seizure.  Due Process of Law.  Anti-Discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual preference, and other minority status. Protections against cruel and unusual punishment and the rights of incarcerated persons. The right to open access to government records.  These are all “civil rights.” In Nevada, these rights are even broader under our State Constitution in some instances than under the United States Constitution.