constitutional rights
Example Sentences
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Tunick's attorneys are arguing that his constitutional rights were violated, including his Fourth Amendment protection from warrantless search and seizure.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
McBride said the brothers visited Washington, D.C., just days before they were arrested, where they “exercised their constitutional rights by visiting the U.S. Capitol.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The judgment comes seven years after another High Court ruling recognised Rastafarianism as a protected religion in Kenya, finding that a school's decision to expel a student over her dreadlocks violated her constitutional rights.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Hemani’s answer is that constitutional rights cannot turn on analogies that survive only because the categories have been defined so broadly that the distinctions disappear.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
Proclaiming her constitutional rights as the police seized her wrists that day, she had objected not just to the seating plan on the bus but to the overall injustice of segregation.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
