Sentence examples for invoke a right to from inspiring English sources

There was a jurisdictional question concerning the reach of article 10. Could Dr Naik, as an alien not physically within the country, invoke a right to communicate his views under that provision, or was Cranston J correct in finding that any article 10 rights were limited to those of his followers in this country to hear him?

Efforts to outlaw sagging in Virginia and statewide in Louisiana in 2004, failed, usually when opponents invoked a right to self-expression.

But if the writers are right that many doctors and nurses will invoke a right not to violate their ethical oath on respect for life, how would it increase access to health care to rescind this right and force so many caring professionals out of medicine?

But activists say many women are denied access to the procedure when doctors invoke a legal right to decline to perform it on moral or religious grounds.

He added that this meant users would not be able to invoke "a general right to be forgotten... against search engine service providers".

Officer Rivera, invoking a right of police officers to remain silent for 48 hours, has not been interviewed about what happened.

Prince Saud al-Faisal, a Princeton alumnus, is the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia, a kingdom that also invokes a divine right to rule, and whose security forces this winter have periodically shot small numbers of protesters to death, according to fragmented and muted press reports.

Some buyers invoked a contractual right to arbitration.

President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela called Colombia the "Israel of Latin America" saying both countries bombed and invaded neighbors by invoking "a supposed right to defense" that he said was ordered by the United States.

But if we remain faithful to the letter and spirit of the Bill of Rights, gamblers, like others, have a right to invoke its safeguards.

As against this we are met by these suggestions: First, that a corporation created by Congress has a right to invoke the jurisdiction of the Federal courts in respect to any litigation which it may have, except as specifically restricted by some act of Congress.