In the Magna Carta, which first curtailed the power of the state in 1215, King John promised that: "No free man shall be arrested or imprisoned or disseised [dispossessed] or outlawed or exiled or in any way victimised, neither will we attack him or send anyone to attack him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land".
But Kansans insist on more: exempting themselves from laws like the Gun Free School Zones Act and the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act.
Under the law created by David Cameron's predecessors, ballots for industrial action attain a lawful mandate when 50%+1 vote for action no matter the turnout.
Even now, five years after the US closed down Bucca, the Pentagon defends the camp as an example of lawful policy for a turbulent time.
The report concluded there was "no credible evidence" to uphold complaints by Duggan's family that police had relocated the firearm in the sock, that officer V53 did not fire live shots in the belief Duggan was pointing a firearm at him, and that he did not use lawful force.
It is a shameful attempt by the university to prevent students from exercising their lawful right to protest".
The extradition of a mentally ill British suspect to face trial in the US for running a jihadi training camp was lawful, the European court of human rights has ruled.
The right to peaceful protest is an important one and so is the right to carry on lawful business.
And it should disclose the factual record that led the OLC to conclude that the extrajudicial killing of Anwar al-Awlaki – again, an American citizen who was located far from any conventional battlefield – would be lawful.
"That," the official continued, "is why the statute requires that there be minimization procedures to ensure that when communications of, or concerning, US persons are acquired in the course of lawful collection under Section 702, that information is minimized and is retained and disseminated only when appropriate.
Many students also wanted to protest against the result of the inquest into Mark Duggan's death – a verdict of "lawful killing" was reached after a policeman shot and killed Duggan in August last year.
