Sentences with phrase «rights against the majority»

If that is true, then there are no logical grounds upon which an individual or a minority can claim rights against the majority.

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Top allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted Bannon, the head of the far - right website Breitbart News who pledged to run opponents against McConnell - backed candidates whom Bannon deemed not sufficiently conservative.

In the event that (i) the Board of Directors proposes, recommends, approves or otherwise submits to the shareholders of the Company, for shareholder action, a Deemed Liquidation Event, and (ii) a Holder has not received written notice from the holders of a majority of the shares of Key Holder Common Stock that such holders approve the Deemed Liquidation Event, then such Holder hereby agrees to vote (in person, by proxy or by action by written consent, as applicable) all shares of capital stock of the Company now or hereafter directly or indirectly owned of record or beneficially by such Holder against the Deemed Liquidation Event, to assert statutory dissenters» rights with respect to the Deemed Liquidation Event, and to take such other action in derogation of the Deemed Liquidation Event as shall be requested by the holders of a majority of the shares of Key Holder Common Stock in order to carry out the terms and provision of this Section x.y..

Were religious people promoting peace when they voted down gay marriage (a civil rights issue, opponents of which will be viewed in the same light as the opponents against civil rights in the 50s and 60s) You are just so comfortable in the majority, you can't see the prejudice and bias you put on people that aren't like you.

I hope you are right and this is thier motivation, there was a strong push last election against Obama by many bishops I hope that they don't think this well motivate Catholics to vote their way due to this issue, the majority of Catholics have used, use or will use contraception its not a church issue if it is used for politics.

The Chief Justice, in dissent, complained about the majority's «entirely gratuitous» aspersions against supporters of traditional marriage: «It is one thing for the majority to conclude that the Constitution protects a right to same - sex marriage; it is something else to portray everyone who does not share the majority's «better informed understanding» as bigoted.»

Almost forty years later, the by - then prominent founder of the Moral Majority and crusader against gay rights inadvertently confirmed the ubiquity of such segregationist thought in Southern white churches when he was asked to comment on his now discarded and discredited opinion.

The administration does not believe that minorities should have many rights that are judicially enforceable against majorities.

You can not legislate against «unalienable rights» because you have a majority.

He argued doggedly against «democratism,» the idea that majorities are always right, because he believed that democracy was the characteristically modern form of political idolatry, based on a flattery of fallen human nature.

The comment about Christians being only Republican, only meant that the majority of Christian Republicans are fundamentalist Evangelicans and are against the GLBT having the same rights as anyone else.

The people who speak most often about the sanctity of human life should have been the very first to champion the right of people with AIDS to adequate healthcare rather than lobbying against government expenditure for AIDS research, as did the Moral Majority.

During the civil rights movement the majority of whites were against «equality for blacks» but it was the right thing to do.

But one still looks in vain among the writings of liberation theologians to find discussions of the indispensable institutions of democratic (republican) government, such as guarantees of rights of minorities against the tyranny of the majority or divisions of responsibilities and functions that avoid dangerous concentrations of power.

We are a democratic country, and if the majority vote for being officially a Christian nation then the minority do not have a right to be against it.

Ken, please do me the honour of explaing why you think Wenger is right and also why you think the majority of fans who once adored him have turned against him?

Depends on signings, injuries and making sure we show up with the right attitude for the overwhelming majority of our matches, as well as flexibility in how we approach and play games against different kinds of opposition.

The Gooners have said in their majority voice they want Joel Campbell at right wing for Arsenal against our bogey Swansea FC XI on Saturday at the Liberty Stadium.

The former Newcastle United right - back has been kept out of Arsenal's starting XI by the in - form Hector Bellerin for the majority of the season, but a League Cup tie against a team from a lower division presents a perfect opportunity for him to play, with the young Spaniard taking a rest.

The Arsenal majority shareholder Stan Kroenke is still happy that he went against the protests from Arsenal fans to remove Wenger, and instead offered him a new two - year contract, and the Silent One is still of the opinion it was the right decision although it was difficult to decide at the time.

Updated: One observer questions how a Senate Democratic majority can be a «firewall» against Trump's policies, noting lawmakers like Felder and Sen. Ruben Diaz hold conservative views on abortion rights.

One champion of the status quo told me the «vast majority» of MPs would vote against right - to - die because of this.

Andy would have been the best leader we never had last time, he's not right this time, incidentally your choice for Mayor Diane Abbot comes out with her usual nonsense regarding, her 24,000 majority compared to Khans 2,000 majority, When she was first elected in 1987 ′ she had a swing against her, even though, any really after the 1983 election, it would be expected, that a labour politician would have a swing towards them as 1983 was our all time low, and I could be said her swing against her at the time was due to racism, but Paul boeteng stood for the first time, next to her in 1987 ′ he never had a swing against him,

Cuomo, who has spoken out strongly for immigrants and against President Donald Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim - majority countries, is not committing right now to support a bill to designate New York as a sanctuary state for immigrants.

Lastly, the episode raises questions about the protection of minority rights against the will of the majority, a tenet of liberal democracy.

Gun rights groups claim a slim majority for their position in the Senate, given the two or three Democratic Senators representing rural districts who often vote against gun control — although there are also Republican Senators from urban districts who tend to waver.

But what MP is likely to stand up for the rights of a transient community against the wishes of their majority voters?

What rights does the minority have against the majority?

In reality, though, the real insidious comfort zone in this leadership campaign is probably the nineties and noughties — the mythical golden age when New Labour could win big majorities against a directionless and demoralised Tory party in elections fought on centre - right, neo-liberal territory.

Bruno also admitted in the spring of 2009 (while out - of - power and facing trial on corruption charges) that he personally favored same - sex marriage but never brought it the floor of the State Senate because the majority of his conference was against it, stating «This is America, and we have inalienable rights... Life is short, and we should all be afforded the same opportunities and rights to enjoy it.»

Governor Cuomo, who has spoken out strongly for immigrants and against President Trump's executive order banning travel from seven Muslim majority countries, is not committing right now to support a bill to designate New York as a sanctuary state for immigrants.

«In these circumstances, it is right and proper that we assert the Scottish interest on fox hunting by voting with Labour against the Tories» proposals to relax the ban - in the process, reminding an arrogant UK government of just how slender their majority is - just as we will vote against the Tory welfare cuts next week, and appeal to Labour to join us.»

As a big majority of them are right - handed, the cars are engineered and designed to be steered from the left side, which allows drivers to better protect themselves against the upcoming threats — when technology was imported to the other nations this designing choice was assimilated in their cultures as well.

Federal judge Mariana Pfaelzer issued a permanent injunction against the vast majority of the people of CA by striking down proposition 187, which stated that illegal immigrants were not eligible for CA taxpayer provided «entitlements» because it interfered with the the right of the federal government to regulate immigration -LRB-!)

Our attorneys protect the rights of majority shareholders, officers, directors, managers, and partners against claims by minority shareholders and third parties.

We merely reaffirm what we have held before and what an overwhelming majority of American jurisdictions understand in practice: a criminal defendant's initial appearance before a judicial officer, where he learns the charge against him and his liberty is subject to restriction, marks the start of adversary judicial proceedings that trigger attachment of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.

On Friday, January 25, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in a tight majority judgment (five: McLachlin, Deschamps, Abella, Cromwell and Karakatsanis, against four: LeBel, Fish, Rothstein and Moldaver) that the Quebec Civil Code discriminates against common - law spouses because it does not grant them the same rights as married couples in regard to spousal support and division of property.

The vast majority of human rights are not absolute, but can be restricted in the interests of States and governments; your right to free expression butts up against my right to, for example, privacy — a long way from where our fists meet each other's noses.

On November 2, lawyers from Miami Law's Health Rights Clinic, with Florida Legal Services and the Community Justice Project, sued DCF and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, on behalf of the Miami Workers Center, New Florida Majority, and a class of disabled individuals claiming that the system discriminated against persons with disabilities who could not endure these conditions.

The Bank argued that resolutions proposed and passed by the majority noteholders affecting rights in the notes amounted to a fraud against the minority noteholders

The majority began its decision by noting that the preamble of the 1992 amendments to the Criminal Code «expresses concern about the prevalence of sexual assault against women and children and was intended to ensure the full protection of their Charter rights.

The majority of human rights statutes in Canada establish that an employer can not discriminate against an employee on the basis of family status.

In the face of non compliance with UNSC Res 1970, several cease - fire declarations by the Gaddafi regime which were not honoured, and a continued threat of force against civilian populations, on 17 March 2011, a majority of the UNSC (five members abstaining namely Brazil, Germany, India, Russia and China) invoked Chapter VII, re-iterated the references to gross human rights abuses and adopted the following additional measures:

However, the majority held that J's right against unreasonable search and seizure was not breached because the text messages stored by Telus were lawfully seized by means of a production order.

The majority's decision gave considerable weight to those claims, but emphasized that there is no hierarchy of rights under the Charter, such that the those claims must be balanced against the co-equal claims to religious freedom (and freedom from discrimination on the basis of religion).

Moreover, while the majority of the court recognized that it engaged the section 15 protection afforded to homosexuals under the Charter (which, as a public body, the BCCT had to consider), they also noted that those values had to be balanced with the sections 2 (a) and 15 rights also afforded to religion under the Charter and concluded that it was improper for the BCCT of teachers in fail to balance the religious freedoms of TWU graduates against those rights.

While selling a high - value against Bitcoin is not a big deal, ensuring the right paperwork and legal transfer of ownership, etc., against cryptocurrency payments is something that is mostly unexplored by the majority.