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confer a right



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In the meantime, the court weighed in on other parts of the Medicaid statute, explaining that they do confer a right to sue in federal court.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2025

Yet the pandemic demonstrates that the desire for personal freedom doesn’t confer a right to cause undue harm to others.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2020

Gupta says the Emoluments Clause doesn’t confer a right, but it does mean courts can step in and remedy violations.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2017

A song and a piece of cloth don't confer a right.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2016

The 'Ilbert Bill,' in 1883, proposed to remove this restriction, and so to confer a right of imprisoning Europeans for three months upon native magistrates, of whom there were now a greater number.

From The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice by Stephen, Leslie, Sir




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