Sentence examples for by asserting the right from inspiring English sources
Nonetheless, by asserting the right of the accused to a fair trial he will uphold the Constitution — or, as he calls it, "the rule book".
Yet by asserting the right to scoop up suspected terrorists in other sovereign nations and indefinitely detain and interrogate them without hearings or trials, the administration complicated its efforts to build an international coalition against terrorism.
Sweeping aside all moral considerations by asserting the right to life of a fetus created by immoral actions is perverse and borders on the vindictive.
In contrast, ideological arguments that were socializing in nature either directly challenged the claim of individual rights by asserting the rights of nonsmokers or called upon government to respond to majority will and to protect the health of the public.
Mr. Malamud, who is a self-styled Robin Hood of the information age, has confounded executives and administrators at organizations as diverse as the Smithsonian Institution, the House of Representatives and the Commerce Department by asserting the public's right to government information and then proceeding to digitize it and place it in the public domain.
He concludes the virulently ideological book by asserting that "right now we are beset with terrorists from the Muslim totalitarian movements".
Another way to look at it, perhaps, is that she benefited by asserting a right that presumably applies to the rich as well as the poor.
"The United States has responded by asserting its right to freedom of navigation and has moved to develop a strategic partnership with Vietnam," he says.
The husband has violated the prime rule of mating behavior by asserting a right over his wife physically.
The company and other ratings agencies have prevailed by asserting their rights under the first amendment of the constitution, which states that "Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech".So the DoJ is taking a new approach, accusing the firm of knowing misrepresentation, which is not covered by the first amendment.
