(a.) Pertaining to liberty, or to the doctrine of free will, as opposed to the doctrine of necessity.
(n.) One who holds to the doctrine of free will.
Example Sentences:
(1) One-nation prime ministers like Cameron found the libertarians useful for voting against taxation; inconvenient when they got too loud about heavy-handed government.
(2) A debate exists within civil libertarian circles about the value of holding out for an outright expiration of Section 215.
(3) Civil libertarians have long expressed alarm that the only judicial body charged with protecting Americans from undue, intrusive federal surveillance so frequently endorses the government's requests.
(4) But the tech companies' libertarian embrace of deregulation is not rooted in the desire for freedom of expression, as they often claim, but in the desire to be unrestricted from making as much money as possible.
(5) The long-awaited package has been the subject of an intense Whitehall battle between the coalition partners, security and police chiefs and civil libertarians.
(6) But after more than two hours he was still going strong, striking the themes of citizens' constitutional rights over government power that have made him a Tea Party favourite and hero of libertarian-leaning followers of his father.
(7) Bulk collection Similarly, the review group stops shorter than civil libertarian groups want on the most domestically controversial aspect of the NSA’s bulk surveillance: the bulk collection of all US phone data for five years.
(8) Senator Paul’s father, Ron, may not have made it as far in his presidential campaigns as the two Bushes and Bill Clinton, but he bequeathed to his son a powerful legacy of goodwill among libertarian-leaning voters, without which it is hard to imagine him getting as far as he has done.
(9) Up until then, no one would have called me a libertarian, but I was defending what I thought was the judicial tradition of Britain.
(10) As it stands now, under Trump’s plan, more people would not be paying taxes than actually paying taxes, according to Chris Edwards , director of tax policy studies at the libertarian Cato Institute.
(11) Civil libertarians contend that legal restrictions preventing the government from intentionally targeting an American using surveillance tools for uncovering foreign intelligence information are nullified if the government can collect vast swaths of data and maintain unrestricted leeway to search through it.
(12) The libertarian right of the Republican party, in Klein’s words, became “a movement that prays for crisis the way drought-struck farmers pray for rain”.
(13) Corbyn’s virtual pacifism and ambivalence about Europe would rule out foreign affairs and defence, and his libertarianism would preclude home affairs and justice, areas in which Burnham has more populist instincts.
(14) This is a party on its way to becoming a multinational libertarian sect, whose preoccupations are no longer those either of much of its electorate or of the business community – wrestling with how genuinely to innovate, invest and motivate workforces in a world of increasingly amoral, ownerless companies so beloved and promoted by the sect.
(15) Libertarianism in the hands of these people is a racket.
(16) Wilson, a self-declared classic libertarian, directed climate change policy at the IPA as well as the Intellectual Property and Free Trade Unit.
(17) The differences between companies makes it pretty complex.” Asked about privacy concerns, Abbott told ABC radio he had “no doubt that the civil libertarian brigade will do their best to stop this, but my responsibility as prime minister is to keep our country safe.
(18) Libertarian-minded Republicans in the House, who are allies of Paul’s , said on Tuesday they will attempt to use a must-pass defense appropriations bill as a vehicle to advance more surveillance reforms.
(19) Right now we have a moment to do a lot.” But whether the unusual alliance of libertarian-leaning Republicans and the Democratic black caucus can overcome congressional inertia is far from certain.
(20) While Paul has collapsed in polls, Texas senator Ted Cruz has surged, successfully appealing to many of the socially conservative libertarians who backed Ron Paul, Rand’s father, in his two presidential bids.
Liberty
Definition:
(n.) The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection.
(n.) Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion.
(n.) A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like.
(n.) Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe.
(n.) The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised.
(n.) A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely within certain limits; also, the place or limits within which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a prison.
(n.) A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty.
(n.) The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing.
(n.) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse.
(n.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore.
Example Sentences:
(1) To a supporter at the last election like me – someone who spoke alongside Nick Clegg at the curtain-raiser event for the party conference during the height of Labour's onslaught on civil liberties, and was assured privately by two leaders that the party was onside about civil liberties – this breach of trust and denial of principle is astonishing.
(2) The law would let people find out if partners had a history of domestic violence but is likely to face objections from civil liberties groups.
(3) Anna Mazzola, a civil liberties lawyer who advises the National Union of Journalists and whom I consulted, told me that in general if police can view anyone's images, they can only do so in "very limited circumstances".
(4) Many Hong Kong residents fear that Beijing – which governs the region under the principle of "one country, two systems" – has been encroaching on their civil liberties, free press and independent judiciary.
(5) Graphic photos of Said's injuries circulated online and became a rallying cause for activists opposed to Egypt's 29-year-old emergency law, which suspends many basic civil liberties and provides effective immunity for the security services before the courts.
(6) Virgin investors will receive $17.50 in cash and own 36% of Liberty's shares once the deal is complete.
(7) Other speakers included Shami Chakrabarti , director of the human rights group Liberty, and the Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn who is on the Commons justice select committee.
(8) So in trying to harmonise with the original rather than transcribe every last word of it, certain liberties have been taken.
(9) At the start of the year, Liberty was believed to have around $3bn in the bank.
(10) The new framework will include “strong protections for privacy and civil liberties”, according to the White House.
(11) The company launched in 1995 with an idea for a range of “colonial-inspired” tapestry bags, designed by Cox and sold by Liberty, Harrods and the General Trading Company.
(12) Releasing Eric Garner grand jury papers 'would help restore public trust' Read more A petition from the the New York Civil Liberties Union and others had called for the release of the grand jury transcripts, including testimony by Daniel Pantaleo, the New York police officer involved in the incident.
(13) Liberal Democrats in government will not follow the last Labour government by sounding the retreat on the protection of civil liberties in the United Kingdom.
(14) Artists round the globe may plead free speech, but to treat the Pussy Riot gesture as a glorious stand for artistic liberty is like praising Johnny Rotten, who did similar things, as the Voltaire of our day.
(15) We should also create a new, beefed-up body including more independent people to scrutinise what is happening, based on Obama's privacy and civil liberties oversight board .
(16) They will begin next week at Liberty airport in Newark, New Jersey; Dulles, outside Washington DC; Chicago O’Hare, and Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta.
(17) In November Inglis gave a wide-ranging talk at the University of Pennsylvania Law School , in which he invited a student critic of the NSA to become a civil liberties officer at the agency.
(18) MI5 spied on Doris Lessing for 20 years, declassified documents reveal Read more Ennals’ son, Sir Paul Ennals, told the Guardian: “It was hardly surprising that the secret services establishment found them all [there were three Ennals brothers, Martin, David, and John] of interest throughout their lives – their careers focused upon defending the rights of minority groups, setting up organisations to combat injustice, founding the Anti-Apartheid Movement and speaking out for what they believed.” He added: “I don’t think such ideas and activities were extreme after the war, and they shouldn’t be now.” MI5 justified its targeting of individuals and organisations, including the Anti-Apartheid Movement, the National Council for Civil Liberties, and CND, on the grounds either that some individual members were members of the Communist party, or that the party was suspected of trying to infiltrate them.
(19) Individualism – the assertion of every person’s claim to maximised private freedom and the unrestrained liberty to express autonomous desires … became the leftwing watchword of the hour.” The result was an astonishing liberation: from millennia of social, gender and sexual control by powerful, mostly elderly men.
(20) Corinna Ferguson, legal officer at Liberty, said: "Yet again, the court of appeal has sent the strongest signal to the security establishment that it cannot play fast and loose with the rule of law.