rights of citizenship
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This story showed that a person did not have to be born a Roman to receive the rights of citizenship.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
While the "safety net" protects us from personal, family or community disasters, the "rights of citizenship" provide the foundation for society itself.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2021
The North Carolina Constitution forbids a person convicted of a felony from voting “unless that person shall be first restored to the rights of citizenship in the manner prescribed by law.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2021
Last month, Ms. Haaland approved a new Constitution for the Cherokee Nation that explicitly grants full rights of citizenship to the Cherokee Freedmen, people formerly enslaved by Cherokee tribal citizens.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2021
Severo del Valle was obliged to use all his legal ingenuity to bring his brother-in-law back to life and the full rights of citizenship.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
