The phrase "a right to assert" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is claiming or defending their entitlement to express or declare something.
Example: "Every citizen has a right to assert their opinions in a democratic society."
Alternatives: "an entitlement to declare" or "a claim to express".
"It's your rights – you have a right to assert them".
He would argue that the United States had a right to assert its military power overseas to protect its interests, Davis said.
A: Marc J. Luxemburg, a Manhattan lawyer who is president of the Council of New York Cooperatives and Condominiums, said that the letter writer has a right to assert a claim against the upstairs neighbor for the damage suffered by her apartment.
Overturning that ruling, the appeals court wrote that the postdoc "should have a right to assert her interest, both for her own benefits and in the public interest".
A man, at first, by act of parliament, became entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus--men are entitled to these rights and benefits in the judicial proceedings of our state courts generally: but it will by no means follow, that they will be entitled to them in the federal courts, and have a right to assert them, unless secured and established by the constitution or federal laws.
Since the Menominee was still a tribe, although not one under federal trusteeship, the tribe had a right to assert a claim arising out the Wolf River Treaty in accordance with the Indian Claims Commission Act and the Tucker Act.
These include the belief that a man has the right to assert power over a woman and is socially superior; that a woman's freedom should be restricted; that physical violence is an acceptable way to resolve conflict within a relationship; and that divorce brings shame to the family [ 5].
The state rule was designed to preserve the broad-scale "deterrent effects of class actions," not merely to protect a particular plaintiff's right to assert her own claim.
Any regulation promulgated pursuant to this section constitutes a determination that excluded uses would result in adulteration of the food in violation of section 402 of the Act, and the failure of any person to come forward with proof of such an applicable prior sanction in response to the proposal will constitute a waiver of the right to assert or rely on such sanction at any later time.
This nondisclosure protection provides Congress as an institution the procedural right to assert its interests prior to the executive branch's compelling the disclosure of legislative acts and corresponding documentary materials.
An alien unlawfully in this country has no constitutional right to assert such a claim as a defense against his deportation.
