Citizenship of the United States is a status that entails specific rights, duties and  benefits. Citizenship is understood as a "right to have rights" since it serves as a  ... All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the ...  several states bar citizen felons from voting, even after they have completed any  ...
Feb 7, 2003 ... People have human rights independently of whether they are found in the ...  citizens or residents and apply only to voting in one's own country. .... law we  more frequently describe them as civil or constitutional rights. ..... The Genocide  Convention was one of the first human rights treaties after World War II.
The De-Centring of the State: Terrorism, War, Empire, and Political  Exceptionalism ... What do we learn about the place of politics in social life from  these examples? ... Government implies that there are relations of power  between rulers and ruled, ... Efforts by the Canadian government to wield power  in other countries have ...
Apr 29, 2014 ... The civil rights advocate and scholar on why the U.S. turned to mass ... It is the  process by which people are swept into the criminal justice system, ... Ironically,  at the time that the war on drugs was declared, drug crime was not on the rise. ....  When you're released from prison in most states, if you're not ...
May 6, 2015 ... The American public needs more access to what the government is doing in its  name. ... There is a bright distinction between citizens, who have rights and ... into  a time of war offense and restrict its application to military personnel. ... a clear  intent to harm the government or anyone else and to make the ...
Since the time of the Civil War, we've made a distinction in this country between the availability and the ability to access for people who were in the military, versus the rest of us, to vote.