That includes our most fundamental right as citizens: the right to vote.
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The U.S. Constitution does not explicitly offer citizens a right of privacy, although many court decisions certainly support such an ideal.
Last week, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, withdrew his proposed amendment to provide U.S. citizens the right to sponsor their same-sex partners for green cards.
It took the United States the better part of two hundred years to give all its citizens the right to vote and full protection under the law.
"If some countries acted in a hostile way against our citizens' right to life, allow us to reserve our right to make a statement, " Mr Davutoglu said.
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During his oral arguments, the Chief Justice made it clear that the Pakistani constitution protects its citizens' right to life and that no political leader can consent to an abrogation of that right without due process.
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Participation: Digital citizens have a right to peaceably participate where and how they choose on the Internet.
Sharing: Digital citizens have a right to freely share their ideas, lawful discoveries and opinions on the Internet.
Party officials argued that pious citizens had the right to affordable leisure space that did not offend their values.
You've got to be able to protect your citizens and their right to freedom from attack: freedom from terrorism.
Accessibility: Digital citizens have a right to access the Internet equally, regardless of who they are or where they are.
Creativity: Digital citizens have a right to create, grow and collaborate on the Internet, and be held accountable for what they create.
Association: Digital citizens have a right to freely associate on the Internet.
The United States Supreme Court, for the first time, has ruled that citizens have a right to keep guns in their homes for self-defense.
But the South African Gunowners' Association, a popular gun lobby group, has said citizens have the right to protect themselves from increasingly violent crimes.
Openness: Digital citizens have a right to an open, unobstructed Internet.
The European Convention specifically recognizes that you have got to be able to protect your citizens and their right to be free from attack, or free from terrorism.
If people know what is best for them, but lack the self-discipline to choose it, some governments might also be tempted to nudge their citizens in the right direction.
But the Declaration of Independence does not say that government should pursue the happiness of its citizens, only that it should secure its citizens' unalienable right to pursue it for themselves.
The paper outlines a policy to combat computer crime and describes the mechanisms necessary to achieve this without hindering rapid development of e-commerce in the EU or affecting citizens' fundamental right to privacy.
This would give EU citizens a new right, which MEPs and the Commission believe would be a major improvement, as it would allow someone living abroad to retain close links with their home country and ensure that specific national provisions are respected.
Her husband and children obviously had a right as citizens to reside in the United Kingdom.
In Texas, citizens have the unequivocal right to stand their ground against intruders in their homes.
The state also must ensure the right of citizens to live in a pleasant environment and proper eco-system.
To David Cameron it is about encouraging citizens to do the right thing - to work, to save, to take personal responsibility.
The coalition government is now trying to encourage citizens to use this right, as part of its campaign to unleash a force of "armchair auditors".
But opponents say the measure would violate the Second Amendment, the clause in the US Constitution that refers to the right of citizens "to keep and bear arms".
Assuming a state with a gay majority, would defenders of what is presumed to be traditional marriage smile on its citizens voting away the right of heterosexual couples to marry?
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He argues that background checks don't infringe on the Second Amendment of the Constitution, which guarantees the right of citizens to bear arms and is often cited by gun rights defenders.
The UK has been bound in international law by its terms and court judgements ever since, and in 1966 agreed that individual citizens should have a right of access to the Strasbourg Court.
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