Sentences with phrase «citizens of a free state»

Not exact matches

Greece's citizens not unreasonably regard the State as akin to a mafia organization which they are trying to avoid as much as possible (unless it promises them free goodies to buy their votes — they do of course gladly accept those).

Free speech and all the other protections of our constitution were meant for the loyal citizens of the United States and their honorable foreign guests.

The base of socialism was an unwritten contract: the citizen was not to attempt to interfere in public life, and the State would guarantee a problem» free vegetation (neither poor nor rich).

Doctrine and Covenants 134:7 7 We believe that rulers, states, and governments have a right, and are bound to enact laws for the protection of all citizens in the free exercise of their religious belief; but we do not believe that they have a right in justice to deprive citizens of this privilege, or proscribe them in their opinions, so long as a regard and reverence are shown to the laws and such religious opinions do not justify sedition nor conspiracy.

Full debate requires that the argument stretch to the ultimate ideal by which all activities of the state ought to be informed, and this means that citizens should be free to advance and defend any religion they find convincing.

Why is the Catholic Church trying to guilt trip U.S. of American Catholic citizen and our Government into allowing illegal immigrants a free ride into the United States of America?

«That a Muslim immigrant can assault a United States citizen,» it says, «in defense of his religious beliefs and walk away a free man, while the victim is chastised and insulted... is a horrible abrogation.»

When an ordinance is passed in your local state (California, in my case), do you think the legislators intend its citizens to understand the words of the regulations «in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory, free from exaggeration or distortion»?

Citizens have a natural right against the state to free exercise of religion; that's why they should have the civil right to such exercise.

The United States welcomed its immigrants, protected its workers, freed the slaves, enfranchised women, aided the needy, provided social security for the aged, ensured the civil rights of all its citizens, and made public space accessible to the handicapped: all in service to its ideals of justice.

There he says, one, that the shift from the concept of «the State's role as providers of equal opportunities to every citizen» to that of providing education, health and other social services «to those who can afford to pay» is a U-turn in public policy which «has been made surreptitiously by administrative action without public discussion and legislative sanction»; two, that the total commercialization of social sectors is «alien even to free market societies»; and three, that «the ready acceptance of self - financing concept in social sectors alien even to free - market societies is the end result of gradual disenchantment with the Kerala Model of Development», which has been emphasizing the social dimension rather than the economic, but that it is quite false to present the situation as calling for a choice between social development and economic growth.

Becky, those of us who believe that «it is for freedom that Christ has set us free» would defend the right of religious institutions to refuse to marry same - sex couples as passionately as we defend the right of same - sex couples, as equal citizens, to have their spousal committments recognized by the secular State.

Sandford (whose name was actually Sanford), acting on behalf of his sister who was Dred Scott's owner, injected into the litigation the question whether any black person, free or slave, could be a citizen of the United States, and he directly challenged the constitutionality of the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which forbade slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36 ° 30».

China, for example, «had everything to gain by opening up to the world» and although it sounded a tad like a Cameron cliché, one supposes he was hinting at a reciprocal arrangement: China's acceptance of free trade will offer opportunity and prosperity to all its citizens yet will equally be a sort of glasnost period where civic consciousness grows together with economic prosperity, and will thus engender reforms to the currently ossified and authoritarian Chinese state.

We are unable to reconcile our claim of a free democratic state in which the rights of citizens are paramount with such excessive censure of the right to free expression.

Through democracy, at various geographic levels, in governance and public services, it creates a welfare state that is free at the point of need, yet more accountable to citizens.

The purpose of a militia being to fight a better organized foe than any one citizen can on their own, the second amendment is designed to allow citizens to fight the government if it means defending the «security of a free State».

Welcome to dictatorship (anytime you prevent your citizens who wish to leave for greener pastures from doing so by threat of force, you are a closer to authorian than free state).

Meanwhile, the Minority in Parliament says the current state of the free SHS programme was not the one government promised the citizens last year.

The party said INEC must reassure the Kogi state citizens of it readiness to conduct a free, fair and credible poll in 2019, as the governor's action is making it to lose confidence.

Here is the problem Marx gets to: political emancipation frees the state, but it is a barrier to the freedom of individual citizens.

A vote is intended to represent the free choice of a set of people - in this case the eligible adult citizens of a state or region.

The Nigerian Army has noted that its free medical outreach programme slated for Igbo - Etche Community in Etche, Rivers State, went on smoothly with hundreds of citizens in the community participating in - spite of efforts by rumour mongers to discredit the outreach.

Ghana already allows visa - free travel for citizens of countries belonging to member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)-- a regional economic bloc consisting of 15 countries including Nigeria, Africa's biggest ecstates of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)-- a regional economic bloc consisting of 15 countries including Nigeria, Africa's biggest ecStates (ECOWAS)-- a regional economic bloc consisting of 15 countries including Nigeria, Africa's biggest economy.

Outlining his proposals, Mr Lewis stated that he wants to «rename the RE curriculum and transform it into a religion, philosophy and ethics element of the curriculum», which would contain «an explicit commitment to allow children to ponder ideas around ethics and citizenship and what it means to be a citizen of a free country».

«Nigeria's prestige this time is on the line, the civilised world will not accept anything short of free and fair election neither would Ekiti State citizens accept irregularities or business as usual.

Earlier, while introducing members of the Governing Council, the State's Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adeniji Kazeem recalled that the CMC was established in 1999 as a unit under the Directorate of Citizens» Right of the Lagos State Ministry of Justice before it emerged as an entity by law in 2007 to provide speedy free legal services to the needy and residents of the State irrespective of tribe, race and religion.

Cutting off over $ 9 million in benifits to Ilegal Aliens, passing a law that would make it illegal to educate children of Illegal Alien parents and refuse them FREE health care at our hospitals would begin to take a bite out of our deficit and see a decline in NY states Illegal Alein population that would open up jobs for American citizens as well.

The thoughtful «Free State of Jones» depicts him as an ordinary citizen who slowly came to realize he was leading an extraordinary life.

How we got from a state constitution requiring that the legislature «provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free common schools, wherein all the children of this state may be educated» to laws taking away the right of citizens to determine what they spend for that «free» education is a long and hard legal and policy road.

Yet in a liberal democracy such as the United States, the proper ordering of those mechanisms is beset by paradox: if free citizens are to rule the state, does the state have a legitimate role in shaping their values and beliefs via its public schools, universities, and other institutions?

In the spirit of a free nation, citizens of the United States cherish and should continue to cherish the notion of «innocent until proven guilty.»

All that states have to do to be free is «voluntarily» give up billions of federal dollars that came from their taxpaying citizens whether those citizens liked it or not!

FileYourTaxes.com offers free Federal tax return construction and eFiling to all qualified United States citizens and legal residents whose Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) is between $ 8,500 and $ 60,000, and who were between the ages of 15 and 65 for the tax year, regardless of their state of residence.

Some other tax issues for this year that are still up for grabs include: deducting state and local sales taxes instead of state income taxes, the classroom teacher deduction of $ 250, allowing senior citizens to transfer IRS funds to charity tax free, the tuition and fees deduction for college expenses, and a whole host of business related tax incentives.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) lets every citizen of the United States to get an annual free credit report from each of the three credit reporting agencies.

Special note: Any senior citizen (age 65 and up) who adopts any Weimaraner 8 years of age or older from Tri State Weimaraner Rescue, Inc., will be entitled to a free senior panel blood test once a year on their adopted Weimaraner, for the life of the dog.

Washington: Northwest Spay & Neuter Center: Tacoma (spay / neuter assistance for owned pets and feral cats) Concern for Animals: Thurston, Mason and Lewis Counties (spay / neuter, pet food and veterinary care assistance) Forget Me Not Animal Shelter: Republic (spay / neuter assistance) Humane Society for Seattle / King County: Bellevue (low - income senior citizen's pet food assistance, discounted spay / neuter and microchipping, pet project assistance for individuals disabled by AIDS) Humane Society for Southwest Washington: Clark County / Vancouver (low - cost vaccinations, free & Low - cost microchipping, pet food assistance, low - cost spay / neuter, emergency boarding, low - cost euthanasia / cremation services, pet loss support groups) Olympic Mountain Pet Pals: Jefferson County (spay / neuter assistance for low - income pet owners, TNR for community cats) PAWS of Bainbridge Island: Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap (spay / neuter, vaccination, pet food, veterinary care assistance; additional services for seniors) Seattle Humane Society: Seattle (services for low - income, disabled, and senior pet owners: spay / neuter, vaccination, pet food, veterinary care assistance) Progressive Animal Welfare Society: Lynnwood (spay / neuter assistance, microchip and vaccination assistance, behavior helpline) Spokane Valley Regional Animal Protection Service: Spokane Valley (spay / neuter assistance) Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine Good Samaritan Fund (veterinary care assistance) Whatcom Humane Society: Bellingham (pet food, spay / neuter assistance) Whidbey Animals» Improvement Foundation (WAIF): Whidbey Island (spay / neuter assistance for owned cats and ferals, crisis care assistance, pet food banks, and temporary foster care)

Reuters reports that Qatar will allow visa - free travel for the citizens of 80 countries including those from the United States, South Africa, and many European countries.

Puerto Rico is a Free Commonwealth of the United States, so no passport is required for citizens of the U.S.A. With daily flights offered from major cities in the United States, travel to San Juan is convenient and affordable.

The free admission and operations of the Walters Art Museum are made possible by the combined generosity of individual members, friends and benefactors, foundations, corporations, and grants from the City of Baltimore, Maryland State Arts Council, Citizens of Baltimore County, and Howard County and the Howard County Arts Council.

«AFP is an organization of grassroots leaders who engage citizens in the name of limited government and free markets on the local, state and federal levels.»

You're talking about stripping a United States citizen of his right to free speech, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

In an unusual turn against its citizens, and despite being widely considered «free» in terms of civil liberties by independent watchdog organization Freedom House, the Australian state joins the ranks of countries that have shown a worrying trend in the suppression of civil society and peaceful action.

If I weren't concerned it would sully his reputation by making him over as a «Yank», I'd offer we consider Lord Monckton, Viscount of Brenchley, a citizen, with full standing, of the free states of America.

«to take the opportunity afforded by these two references to give clear and structured guidance as to the circumstances in which the third country national family member of an EU citizen who is residing in his home Member State but who is exercising his rights of free movement can claim a derived right of residence in the home Member State under EU law.»

In a first case, C - 431 / 11 UK v Council, the CJEU dealt with the choice of legal basis for a measure implementing an European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement as regards social security systems and ruled that it was precisely one of the measures by which the law governing the EU internal market is to be extended as far as possible to the EEA, with the result that nationals of the EEA States concerned benefit from the free movement of persons under the same social conditions as EU citizens.

This meant that Union citizens could invoke Article 20 TFEU against their Member State of nationality, even if they had never previously made use of their free movement rights.

Let's try to compare the point 50 of the opinion: «While the movement of citizens of the Union between Member States is governed by EU law, and in particular by Article 21 TFEU and Directive 2004/38, the same does not apply to visits to Member States by Heads of State» which basically says that the movement of diplomats falls outside the scope of EU law, with the judgment of the Court in paragraph 51: «Accordingly, the fact that a Union citizen performs the duties of a Head of State is such as to justify a limitation, based on international law, on the exercise of the right of free movement conferred on that person by Article 21 TFEU.».

1898)(«no one can obtain the exclusive right to publish the laws of a state»)(Harlan, J., sitting by designation); Nash v. Lathrop, 142 Mass. 29, 6 N.E. 559 (Mass. 1886)(«Every citizen is presumed to know the law thus declared, and it needs no argument to show that justice requires that all should have free access to the opinions, and that it is against sound public policy to prevent this, or to suppress and keep from the earliest knowledge of the public the statutes or the decisions and opinions of the justices.»).