Sentences with phrase «was a citizen by»

And any special requirements for residents of the northern part of the island or any distinct treatment of those considered to be citizens by the TRNC would be an implicit recognition of its existence.

Here is what she sings: «I'm told I'm a citizen by right of birth.

Lincoln discussed the Dred Scott decision of 1857, which ruled that African slaves and their descendants were not protected by the constitution and could never be citizens by saying,

The argument is exactly that: In order to be citizen by birth abroad, one parent must be a citizen already, with a substantial period of residency within the U.S. No such requirement exists for the parents of citizens by virtue of being born on U.S soil — their parents may have immigrated the day before.

Not exact matches

Responding to a question about resolving the issue of more than a dozen Japanese citizens who were abducted by North Korea in the 1970s, the spokesman said he was unsure of what content was discussed in the morning meeting.

The move reversed an almost equally feverish rise in recent days that had appeared to be driven by concerns that China will introduce new measures to stop its citizens moving money out of the country.

But the idea of a central place where ordinary citizens can submit news has been overtaken by the social web — that's effectively the way millions of people already use Twitter, for example.

When traumatized citizens discover that shops and restaurants have reopened — acts driven by entrepreneurs — people start to reclaim the faith that a sense of normalcy is possible.

Gillibrand was endorsed Tuesday by End Citizens United, a political action committee established in 2015 to push back against the results of the 2010 court case.

But a poll conducted by Abacus Data on behalf of Maclean's for the Canada Project shows the country's citizens are getting more and more comfortable carrying large amounts of debt — with more of that money coming from family and friends.

Portman, a dual Israeli - American citizen, was born in Jerusalem and is beloved by the Israeli public.

Because its citizens, starting in 2006, had been covered by a comprehensive state healthcare program similar to the ACA known as Romneycare, after the state's former governor, Mitt Romney.

Now Google is creating an app, dubbed Bulletin, to try to reinvigorate the market with reports by citizen reporters which can then be highlighted on Google News.

It's this forbidding territory that Exxon (xom), under Tillerson, has turned into one of Russia's most lucrative oil provinces, affording Russia a crucial entry into the fast - growing oil markets of Asia, generating nearly $ 5 billion in tax dollars and other revenue for the government to date, and generally being, by Moscow's lights, a good corporate citizen.

There are a lot of facts that support that, of all the terrorist activities in this country since 9/11, most have been caused by American citizens radicalized by policies implemented by past administrations.

Profits realized by government can and often are spent on its citizens, but for anti-government zealots like U.S. presidential contender Ron Paul, that's reason enough to get rid of the Fed.

Hardly a Congressional hearing goes by without some lawmaker, Democrat or Republican, reporting complaints from the home constituency about credit - worthy citizens being turned down when applying for a mortgage.

Even if these families had the means, suing wouldn't be worth the legal fees because state legislators passed a law barring citizens from winning compensation for damages related to health, quality of life, enjoyment of property, or lost income caused by factory farms.

Genesis International is one of a handful of businesses that is overseen by Omani entrepreneur Qais Al Khonji, a businessman who is well known in his country for helping citizens overcome the hardships of starting their own businesses.

As its costs of commodities and food skyrockets, its citizens» restive ambitions are thwarted by the limits facing all consuming nations, and its aging populace catches up with it, then China's resources will be stretched too thin to construct a Grand Empire with decisive hard and soft power.

As required by statute (50 USC 1805 (d)(1)-RRB-, a FISA order on an American citizen must be renewed by the FISC every 90 days and each renewal requires a separate finding of probable cause.

In 2011, Mayor Michael Bloomberg hired the city's first - ever chief digital officer, Rachel Sterne, who was a 27 - year - old entrepreneur and Columbia Business School prof, to help the city use technology to better serve citizens and save taxpayer money by making services more efficient and accessible online.

This is not news; the city's decay — the slow letting of its industrial heart's blood, the fleeing of more than half its citizens, the blight that has shuttered tens of thousands of homes and businesses — has been covered extensively by the media.

Attorneys who safeguard privacy issues for citizens should look into how California's Department of Developmental Services is violating individual service provider's rights by demanding unnannounced visits to their homes.

«As an American corporation, we believe that the national security of American citizens trumps the virtue signaling displayed by Silicon Valley and the dishonest reporting being perpetuated by the media,» CEO Andrew Torba says.

As the White House engages in a fierce fight to restrict travel into the U.S. by citizens of some Muslim - majority countries, a record number of Americans are voluntarily renouncing their citizenship.

Leading mining lawyer Michael Blakiston has criticised Premier Colin Barnett's comments urging African mining leaders not to be intimidated by global mining companies and to ensure their citizens received a fair return for their resource exploitation.

By selling the bonds to Monaco, investors were trying to get around the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which says, «The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.&raquBy selling the bonds to Monaco, investors were trying to get around the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which says, «The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.&raquby citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.&raquby citizens or subjects of any foreign state.»

«Within the context of risks caused by the incidents and of social tension, our citizens who live in the U.S., or who are considering travelling there, should be cautious,» the ministry said in a statement.

Or are we content to be alone in the world by following the wishes of our big ISPs, which is to encourage our citizens to use the Internet less, not more?

Unlike other developed countries, the bulk of Japan's debt (well over 90 %) is not held offshore but rather by its own citizens?

But after four Japanese citizens were detained in China on suspicion of spying, the boat captain was released by Japanese authorities to try to cool things down.

Clinton said simply that she respects the choice that the UK's citizens made and added that, «Our first task has to be to make sure that the economic uncertainty created by these events does not hurt working families here in America.»

Apparently it doesn't matter to Donald Trump that many businesses and citizens are outraged by his views about illegal immigrants.

At the University of Texas at San Antonio, the Institute of Texan Cultures is currently hosting exhibits exploring the history of beer, brewers and breweries in Texas; the stories and customs of more than 20 of the earliest cultural groups to settle in the state; and the role played by citizens from the Lone Star State in the World War I.

«They learned a valuable lesson that the more violence you generate against the government, against the citizens, the more of a target you're going to become by the government and the international community,» Vigil said.

The more aggressive tactics of the past two years, two senior intelligence officials told NBC News, were sparked by a string of domestic incidents in 2015 and 2016 in which the watch list system and the FBI failed to stop American citizens from conducting attacks.

And it was even harder to imagine that an everyday citizen could comment on a post by President Trump.

The border is one of three key issues, along with citizens» rights and money owed by the U.K., that require «sufficient progress» toward a resolution during the Brexit negotiations before the EU will allow talks to move on to Britain's future relationship with the bloc.

Another popular attack method used by hacking collectives is «doxxing»: the act of releasing personal, private information of specific people, often private citizens.

The change could affect the more than 4 million US citizen children under 18 who live with at least one undocumented parent, as well as the approximately 1 million more so - called «dreamers» who were brought the US by their parents as children and remain undocumented.

A key reason for holding the vote was to fulfil a 2011 promise made by all municipal election candidates in Kitimat to poll citizens on the pipeline project.

Non-performing loans are loans made by banks or shadow banks to companies or citizens that haven't been paid back, or where interest payments haven't been made.

«It would also likely be the catalyst for other countries to enact similar laws, paralysing multi-national corporations under the weight of what could be dozens or hundreds of country - specific laws,» Apple said, as well as making the personal data of millions of law - abiding citizens less secure by weakening encryption standards.

The ceremony was held at Newfoundland's World Peace and Unification Sanctuary, where Rev. Sean Moon prayed for «a kingdom of peace police and peace militia where the citizens, through the right given to them by almighty God to keep and bear arms, will be able to protect one another and protect human flourishing.»

Arresting Assange would also be politically difficult because he is not a U.S. citizen and is currently being protected by the government of Ecuador.

According to State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert, in a statement seen by CNBC, this was «Due to mounting concerns over serious risk of arrest and long - term detention» of U.S. citizens.

The foundation was launched five years ago by one concerned citizen.

There is no suggestion that the US - born Octo - citizen described by Lesperance was similarly fearful of pursuit by American authorities.

A Japanese government source told Reuters in mid-March that Japan was considering seeking a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Kim to discuss Japanese citizens abducted by North Korean agents decades ago.