Judging from recent commentary, it seems the definitions of Rights and Privileges have been conflated in our political discourse. To start: A legal right is an action that an individual can take that ...

Rights, of course, are inherent – “unalienable” in the words of the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence. Privileges are bestowed at the pleasure of a higher power, which is how the ...

Even further, how effective are these sanctions at all? The second question lies in the distinction between rights versus privileges for financial freedom. Do nation-states or individuals have a ...

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestinians and called on the Security Council to favorably reconsider ...