property rights
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Social media ignored property rights and sold ads right next to our posts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
“That women have property rights independent of husbands is an old Iberian tradition,” Hayes-Bautista told me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Historically, the Supreme Court has been all about property rights.
From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2026
The state intended this rule to respect property rights by creating a default rule that nobody takes a firearm onto someone’s land without their permission.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
In the spring of 1860, Stanton prepared a speech in defense of married women’s property rights and returned before the Judiciary Committee of the New York State Legislature to present it.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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