state rights
Americanplural noun
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Security Council – Britain, China, France, and the United States – all currently have seats on the 47-member state rights council, which is based in Geneva.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 4, 2022
On Friday, they will try to persuade Judge Leonard Hanser that police violated the 77-year-old’s federal and state rights when they secretly installed video cameras at the Orchids of Asia Day Spa.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 25, 2019
In the 19th century the GOP stood for energetic government, promoting the transcontinental railroad, and high tariffs, while the Democrats championed limited government and state rights.
From Time ● Mar. 18, 2016
That forced Jeb Bush into the conversation, where he ratified the same idea of state rights.
From MSNBC ● Sep. 17, 2015
On the contrary, he rendered decisions in favor of state rights which would be notable were they not overshadowed by the greater fame of the decisions which went to the building of the nation.
From Our Changing Constitution by Pierson, Charles Wheeler
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