But that tends to be the nature of most of the biggest changes that have been made to the Constitution: affecting the rights and behavior of citizens as opposed to the structure of the government itself.

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Firms will have to cut their own emissions, or buy the rights to cuts made by other firms.

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And the schools and vendors who made millions through merchandised intellectual property rights should have a trust established to share the royalty revenue with players after they achieve certain benchmarks.

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This year we must take the opportunity to set a long-sought pathway to protection for workers' and immigrants' rights -- so that May Day 2014 can be a day to celebrate the progress we have made together.

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Already, many Asia-based nations have made progress on strengthening the rights of intellectual property creators, but more work needs to be done.

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To be sure, Prime Minister Tony Blair manfully asserts that he has retained the sovereign rights that have made possible a U.S.-U.K. "special relationship" independent from Continental Europe.

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