have a right to

1. Have a just or legal claim on something or on some action, as in The accused has a right to legal counsel. The related have the right to is often used with infinitives, as in You have the right to remain silent. [Late 1300s] The antonym, dating from the mid-1600s, is have no right to, as in He has no right to push you aside. Also see in the right.

Example Sentences

Through my work with the Sycamore Project at the Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky, I’ve made it my mission to ensure that communities and those who have been directly impacted are aware of the funding opportunities, with the understanding that this is blood money and they have a right to be in the room where decisions on spending are being made.

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For example, a federal appeals court recently held that private litigants, like civil rights organizations or individual voters, do not have a right to bring Section 2 cases at all.

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“They asked me to leave the District, right? I pay my taxes. I have a right to be wherever and not be harassed.”

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These accounts make a mockery of Kavanaugh’s insistence that these stops are brief and painless for those who have a right to live in this country.

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But all the attorneys general need to do is convince Matthew Kacsmaryk, the most anti-abortion judge in the country, that they have a right to be in court.

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