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* Council of Conservative Citizens, a United States paleoconservative white separatist political organization
Several banks also have rewards programs, including three of the Big Four banks of the United States -- Wells Fargo being the lone exception, CapitalOne, and Citizens Financial Group.
* 2002 – Citizens of Switzerland narrowly vote in favor of their country becoming a member of the United Nations.
In consequence my Government desires that the Government of the United States guarantee with its forces security for the property of American Citizens in Nicaragua and that it extend its protection to all the inhabitants of the Republic. United States Marines occupied Nicaragua from 1912 to 1933, except for a nine-month period beginning in 1925.
The islanders lost their status as ' Citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies ' ( as defined in the British Nationality Act 1948 ) and were stripped of their right of abode in Britain.
In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U. S. ___ ( 2010 ), the Court ruled that the BCRA's federal restrictions on electoral advocacy by corporations or unions were unconstitutional for violating the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.
In League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry ( 2006 ), the Court ruled that Tom DeLay's Texas redistricting plan intentionally diluted the votes of Latinos and thus violated the Equal Protection Clause.
* 2010: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission
Some of its major rulings have concerned federal preemption ( Wyeth v. Levine ), civil procedure ( Twombly-Iqbal ), abortion ( Gonzales v. Carhart ), and the Bill of Rights, prominently Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ( First Amendment ), Heller-McDonald ( Second Amendment ), and Baze v. Rees ( Eighth Amendment ).
* November 28 – Over 250 years after their deaths, William Penn and his wife Hannah Callowhill Penn are made Honorary Citizens of the United States.
* July 27 – The United States Expatriation Act ( An Act concerning the Rights of American Citizens in foreign States ) is adopted.
In early 2010, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited pursuant to the right of these entities to free speech.
Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was decided in January 2010, the Supreme Court finding that § 441b ’ s restrictions on expenditures were invalid and could not be applied to Hillary: The Movie.
In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, on Jan, 2010, the US Supreme court ruled that corporations and unions can not constitutionally be prohibited from promoting the election of one candidate over another candidate.
It does not even resolve the specific question whether Citizens United may be required to finance some of its messages with the money in its PAC.
Since the Supreme Court's ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission in 2010, upholding the rights of corporations to make political expenditures under the First Amendment, there have been several calls for a US Constitutional amendment to abolish Corporate Personhood.
The Citizens United majority opinion makes no reference to corporate personhood or to the Fourteenth Amendment.
* Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ( 2010 ) the Supreme Court of the United States held that corporate funding of independent political broadcasts in candidate elections cannot be limited under the First Amendment, overruling Austin ( 1990 ) and partly overruling McConnell ( 2003 ).
U. S. Supreme Court summary reversal of a decision by the Montana Supreme Court holding that Citizens United did not preclude a Montana state law prohibiting corporate spending in elections.
The corporate personhood aspect of the campaign finance debate turns on Buckley v. Valeo ( 1976 ) and Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ( 2010 ): Buckley ruled that political spending is protected by the First Amendment right to free speech, while Citizens United ruled that corporate political spending is protected, holding that corporations have a First Amendment right to free speech.

Citizens and States
The United States Supreme Court ruled in the 1971 case Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe that parklands could have the same protected status as " historic sites.
In the United States, before the Citizens United decision, the laws regulating campaign finance in the United States required that all contributions, and their, use should be publicly disclosed.
* Association for Retarded Citizens, former name of the Arc of the United States
In the largest known ongoing case of federal congressional and state disfranchisement in the United States, about 600, 000 US Citizens of the District of Columbia ( DC ) are no longer allowed to vote for full Congressional or Senate candidates.
Most of Articles One, Three, Four, Five, Six, of the United States Constitution are no longer enforced for these US Citizens.
The Citizens ' Band radio service originated in the United States as one of several personal radio services regulated by the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ).
In Canada the General Radio Service uses the identical frequencies and modes as the United States Citizens ' Band, and no special provisions are required for either Canadians or Americans using CB gear while traveling across the border.
Springville is home to five National Register of Historic Places-listed ( NRHP ) buildings ( Citizens National Bank ; Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad Station ; Baptist Church of Springville ; United States Post Office ; Scobey Power Plant and Dam ) and the NRHP-listed East Main-Mechanic Streets Historic District.
In May 1992 the municipality became the first in the United States to include anti-gay legislation its city charter after a campaign by the Oregon Citizens Alliance.
Both the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the citizens ' group Palmerton Citizens for a Clean Environment ( PCCE ) believe that extensive cleanup of the town's soil is necessary to protect human health.
Citizens United is a conservative non-profit organization in the United States.
Citizens United describes its mission as being dedicated to restoring the United States government to " citizens ' control " and to " assert American values of limited government, freedom of enterprise, strong families, and national sovereignty and security.
One federal appellate court has upheld a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage: the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning.

Citizens and who
Citizens who attempt to leave the country are tracked down and forcibly brought back to the island by the special police force known as Magistrates, and mutant problems are handled by a special group known as the Press Gang.
Jimmy Carter later wrote that " Citizens who lined up to vote were mowed down by fusillades of terrorists ’ bullets.
Citizens of many countries and all continents came to Shanghai to live and work during the ensuing decades ; those who stayed for long periods – some for generations – called themselves " Shanghailanders ".
Most recently, the group Citizens for a Canadian Republic has advocated the election of the nominee to the Queen, either by popular or parliamentary vote ; a proposal echoed by Adrienne Clarkson, who called for the prime minister's choice to not only be vetted by a parliamentary committee, but also submit to a televised quiz on Canadiana.
After several months of tension between incarcerees who supported the Japanese American Citizens League ( JACL ) and a group of Kibei ( Japanese Americans educated in Japan ), rumors spread that sugar and meat shortages were the result of black marketing by camp administrators.
Through the RCNL, Howard led campaigns to expose brutality by the Mississippi state highway patrol and to encourage blacks to make deposits in the black-owned Tri-State Bank of Nashville which, in turn, gave loans to civil rights activists who were victims of a " credit squeeze " by the White Citizens ' Councils.
Citizens outraged at Queen Liliuokalani attempt to set up absolute monarchy ; overthrows her with no violence and proclaims provisional government ; U. S. Marines landed to protect American lives ; Hawaii and President Harrison agree to annexation but treaty withdrawn ( 1893 ) by President Grover Cleveland who rejects annexation
Canada has two special-interest groups representing the debate, who frequently argue the issue in the media: the Monarchist League of Canada and Citizens for a Canadian Republic.
All previous gloved world champs had been white U. S. Citizens ( except for Robert Fitzsimmons, of the United Kingdom ), who only defended their titles against other white opponents.
It is the headquarters of Lon Mabon, whose Oregon Citizens Alliance has worked to pass a number of anti-homosexual initiatives, and where Bill Sizemore, who has championed various anti-government initiatives for most of the 1990s, had his base before he moved to Klamath Falls.
The center-field entertainment area at the Phillies current stadium, Citizens Bank Park, is named Ashburn Alley in his honor in response to the demand of numerous fans requesting that the Phillies name the stadium in Ashburn's honor ( due to Ashburn's 47 seasons of service to the Phillies organization, which was second in length in Philadelphia baseball history only to Connie Mack, who was so honored with the renaming of Shibe Park in 1953 ).
** Citizens of other poleis who chose to reside elsewhere ( the metics, μέτοικοι, métoikoi, literally " transdwellers "): though free-born and possessing full rights in their place of origin, had full legal rights but no political rights in their place of residence.
Citizens who live in Montclair are currently represented in Virginia's House of Delegates by L. Scott Lingamfelter.
The Citizens In Charge Foundation, led by Paul Jacob, honors a person or organization every month who stands up for initiative & referendum rights in the US.
Citizens who were born or died in Kortenberg, lived a considerable time in Korterberg, or still live there.
# Citizens of any other country who have permanent residency in Sweden and have lived in Sweden for three consecutive years
# Citizens of any other country in the European Union who are currently residents of Sweden ; such citizens, by choosing to vote in European Parliamentary elections in Sweden, become ineligible to vote in European Parliamentary elections in any other EU member state
The Citizens ' Political Party and the LUA endorsed Robert Turton and Arthur Balderamos, a Creole lawyer, who formed the chief opposition in the new council of 1936.
Citizens rejected from the army are frequently looked down upon by employers, who typically believe that " those who are unfit for army service are also unfit for the work environment ", and those who succeeded in the army are also likely to be good employees.
However, after Act I, the number and quality of Richard's asides to the audience decrease significantly, as well as multiple scenes are interspersed that do not include Richard at all, but average Citizens ( Act II, Scene III ), or the Duchess of York and Clarence's children ( Act II, Scene II ), who are as moral as Richard is evil.
Citizenswho are not necessarily the entire populace of a territory — possess rights and have a relationship of equality to one another under the law.
Citizens participate in online discussions of political issues with increasing frequency, and young people, who traditionally display minimal interest in government affairs, are drawn to e-voting procedures.

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