Sentence examples for right to defense from inspiring English sources

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.

These discussions suggest that the Second Amendment secures a collective, not personal, right to defense by local militias.

He said he had contended that the police should be required to notify suspects' relatives of the location and reason for residential confinement because, otherwise, suspects would not be able to exercise their rights to defense lawyers.

On the opposite side of the street there was a counter-protest being held for those supporting Israel's right to self-defense (or "self-defense," depending on what you believe).

"Mr Jace has a constitutional right to a defense.

"If I do something illegal, take me to court and give me the right to a defense," he said.

The extent that Constitutional rights — like the right to subpoena defense witnesses and to confront prosecution witnesses — apply to the commissions could be a major battleground.

"The NRA and Donald Trump are calling for Second Amendment supporters to protect their constitutional right to self defense by defeating Hillary Clinton at the ballot box," Baker said.

A few months later she had signed a formal memorandum of understanding with the Chinese government, granting her nonprofit the right to train defense lawyers.

Hall's resolution also claims that the Goldstone commission report somehow denied Israel's right to self defense.

In two cases after Washington, the Court pulled back from its broad principle that a defendant in a criminal proceeding has a "right to a defense".