Nothing embodies the rights of an American citizen more than the guaranteed privilege of having a jury decide their justice.
The banks aren't just printing money at will, they are creating for themselves a guaranteed future income stream, a privilege not granted to any other kind of business.
Under state law, that would give Connecticut a third "major party" with all attendant rights and privileges, including a guaranteed ballot position for Connecticut Party candidates in every local and state election until at least the next gubernatorial race in 1994.
Just a few short months ago, I was touched when Phyllis and Del asked me to preside at their marriage ceremony, held after the California Supreme Court confirmed that separate is not equal, and that marriage equality is a right and privilege guaranteed to all Californians.
Medieval craft guilds needed sympathetic town councils to guarantee their privileges; modern professions needed friendly governments.
(The top two seeds also gain home field advantage in the two semifinals, with the highest seeded finalist guaranteed home privilege again).
A district court ruled that the reporter should not be required to testify, but that decision was overturned by a 2-1 appeals court ruling in 2013, which found that a reporter's privilege was guaranteed by neither the First Amendment nor common law.
So, for that matter, is the question of whether the confidentiality of sources should be seen as a constitutional right or — as it is in thirty-one states and the District of Columbia but not, unfortunately, at the federal level — a privilege both guaranteed and circumscribed by law.
After all, they are more often than not the beneficiaries of a social order that guarantees them a life of privilege.
No government can exact a price for the exercise of a privilege which the Constitution guarantees.
"Nobody's guaranteed a start, nobody's got a privilege to play in the Australian cricket team.
