Sentences with phrase «power over citizens»

The keeping of personal communication for 12 months and the ability to conduct deep - packet inspection allows authorities substantial powers over citizens.

Here the court must explain how the introductory reference to «a well regulated Militia,» relates to federal power over the citizen militia in the states.

Not exact matches

it's a way for the regime to hold power to its citizens without a greater power looming over them.

In the UK honor is no longer a life style, especially in those who wield the power of life or death over it's citizens.

A government with the power of life and death over its citizens is the real abomination, regardless of whatever Bronze Age tribal scriptures have to say on the subject.

Just as there are laws within a nation that forbid a person to misuse his liberty, so there should be laws under which the irresponsible use of a nation's powers over its own citizens could be judged; that is to say, the rights of self - determination by the nation should be subordinate to the fundamental rights of man.

To establish the rights of individual citizens, our claims on the institutions of power and the authority that institutions can exercise over us as citizens.

The strict application of the principles of the rule of law and strong popular control over the legislative and the executive are indispensable for the subordination of a sovereign power to citizens» interests and preferences.

East Hampton Town has joined a lawsuit brought by a citizens group in 2014 against the Long Island Power Authority and PSEG - Long Island over the installation of high - voltage transmission lines and poles along a six - mile route from East Hampton Village to an Amagansett substation.

Together with Citizens United, this decision guts our campaign finance system and opens the door to corruption by handing a small minority of wealthy individuals the power to exercise undue influence over our government.»

@Relaxed Wouldn't one expect in a democracy (with separation of powers, etc.) that judges enjoy special immunity over «normal» citizens and civil servants.

A national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, says the ruling party, which took over power about three years ago, has done for the citizens what the ousted Peoples Democratic Party did not even try in the entire 16 years that it was in power.

«Who is going to have ultimate control over the deputized agents who have the power of firearms and incarceration of non-Indian citizens?»

Finally, the Citizens Budget Commission said the New York Power Authority, a favorite budget - balancing source for governors across party lines over the years, would again help Cuomo keep his state - funded portion of the budget below a 2 percent annual growth rate.

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The US Government isn't too happy with so much power being the hands of a single citizen, so is doing its best to force Stark to hand over his creation, something which he refuses to do.

Because you can't build brighter futures for all kids, and then sit silently as an incoming president appoints bigots who will have quantifiable power over how the federal government treats its children and other citizens.

In less than a year, they built their Animal Services subscription list to more than 15,000; not to mention more than 3,800 followers on the Hurst Animal Shelter Facebook page — illustrating the power of multi-channel digital communications to engage citizens — a trend we expect will continue to grow over the next several years.

Who's to say the same thing doesn't happen to the foes that plummet from the islands, or even the random citizens who Kat might accidentally toss over the neighborhood's edge if the player's careless with her powers?

The allure of almost unlimited power over the lives of everyday citizens will be too great for a politician, regardless of his / her political persuasion.

As well as a strong deal in Paris, it needed citizens to choose public transport over cars and insulate their homes, and industry to tackle sources of greenhouse gas emissions such as power stations, transport, cement, farming and fertilisers.

Not surprising as she long ago sold her soul to the oil industry in a pathetic attempt to hang on to power in a province where the majority of citizens don't believe in climate change and have voted PC for over a generation.

With command - and - control power over access to CO2 emission out of the government hands and in the hands of its rightful owners — every citizen, per capita — the power of the government, of bureaucrats, the invitation to corrupt them, is erased.

We wanted to get the word out and build momentum for the Road to Paris in a country where rising heat is becoming deadly and researchers find that pollution from coal power plants is chopping over three years off the average citizen's lifespan, but «climate change» is hardly in the popular lexicon.

A «Planetary Regime» with the power of life and death over American citizens.

At the same time Chinese citizens are increasingly rights - conscious and challenging the authorities over livelihood issues, land seizures, forced evictions, abuses of power by corrupt cadres, discrimination, and economic inequalities.

But the average Chinese citizen has no control over the country's power supply, and he or she is the one breathing in toxic air day in, day out.

The Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, Valley Watch and Sierra Club, represented by Earthjustice, intervened in this case to ensure the most efficient use of Indiana ratepayers» money by prioritizing cheaper, cleaner alternatives over expensive, polluting power plants.

«The irony is that these powers are designed to give citizens more control and protection over how their data are used, but the effect will be to allow access to their legally privileged communications without their consent,» Chair of the Bar Andrew Walker QC said.

I speculate that governments could be tempted to increase their powers over individuals, considering their lack of control over the result of their citizen's actions once unleashed in a decentralized web.

... Drawing on over 20 years of research, extensive surveys and interviews, the authors explore the impact the tort reform movement in Texas has had on the ability of plaintiffs to obtain judgments — in short on private citizens» meaningful access to the full power of the law.

«The irony is that these powers are designed to give citizens more control and protection over how their data are used, but the effect will be to allow access to their legally privileged communications without their consent.

If a line isn't drawn here by the Court of Appeal, then I invite you to imagine the vastness of power that we as Canadians would be handing over in exchange for human rights violations against ourselves or our fellow citizens.

The U.S. Legal Services Corporation has endorsed this approach and funded over 40 states to enable citizens to assemble their own state - specific documents powered by a national document server managed byLawHelp Interactive.com.

Whether you're a citizen, foreign national or stateless, the state assumes jurisdiction over you, and all people and property in its geographical area of influence, under its recognized constitutional police power.

Some Conservative MPs, who will have their say on the Bill when it returns to the House of Commons in two weeks» time, had argued that giving guarantees to EU citizens in Britain would reduce the UK's bargaining power in negotiations over the status of its own nationals living in Member States.

Citizens had guns strapped to their waist or high - powered rifles over their shoulders like handbags.

Even for more middle class members of the population, it was a cursory warning as to the power that the government has over the affairs of their citizens.

The Tlicho Government will have a wide range of law - making powers on Tlicho lands and over Tlicho Citizens off Tlicho lands.