Sentences with phrase «held by private citizens»

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The Supreme Court held by 3 - 2 majority: that the Secretary of State was not compelled to provide abortion services to UK citizens usually resident in Northern Ireland, and that the respondent was entitled to respect to the democratic decision of the devolved administration in Northern Ireland and to acknowledge the ability to purchase private abortions.

In the US, I don't think there is any broad law that applies to any information on you held by any private company, however, in this digital world and when dealing with the internet - based companies, most concerned citizens would probably get away with making it seem as if they're from Europe, and requesting such information anyways.

If letters and private documents can thus be seized and held and used in evidence against a citizen accused of an offense, the protection of the Fourth Amendment declaring his right to be secure against such searches and seizures is of no value, and, so far as those thus placed are concerned, might as well be stricken from the Constitution... The tendency of those who execute the criminal laws of the country to obtain conviction by means of unlawful seizures and enforced confessions, the latter often obtained after subjecting accused persons to unwarranted practices destructive of rights secured by the Federal Constitution, should find no sanction in the judgments of the courts which are charged at all times with the support of the Constitution and to which people of all conditions have a right to appeal for the maintenance of such fundamental rights.

Their approach is indicative of a trend towards holding national governments accountable in law where they enter into contractual relationships with private citizens and corporations by limiting the protection afforded by sovereign state immunity.