In other words, one person cannot assert a claim on behalf of another.
Texas cannot assert any legitimate state interest here, such as national security or preserving the traditional institution of marriage.
The general counsel, Robert E. Fabricant, issued a memorandum that said "E.P.A. cannot assert jurisdiction to regulate in this area".
But the same right is not available to SAC because the Supreme Court has determined that a "collective entity" cannot assert the right.
"If permission has been given, the adverse possessor cannot assert that his use of the property was hostile," Mr. Oved said.
"As a matter of law, ICE cannot assert its civil immigration enforcement authority to arrest and/or detain a U.S. citizen.
Despite all the increases in NATO forces, those troops cannot assert themselves in every village and valley, and too often when they do, their night raids and intrusions into peoples homes stir up resentment, said a number of people interviewed in Logar in the past week.
Alas, the long-oppressed Shia majority has yet to accept that it cannot assert untrammelled power over its former Sunni masters, while the Sunni Arabs have yet to accept that they make up barely a fifth of Iraqis with no God-given right to recover their former dominance.
"We believe the documents withheld by Lay are corporate records of Enron and that Lay cannot assert a personal Fifth Amendment right as a basis for withholding such documents," Luis R. Mejia, a lawyer for the S.E.C., wrote to Mr. Lay's lawyers in a letter dated last Wednesday.
