citizen

Examples of citizen in the following topics:

• [PF content: Becoming a U.S. Citizen]

• [PF content: Types of Citizens]

• The 15th Amendment

  • The Fifteenth Amendment prohibits states from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race.
  • The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
  • The Fifteenth Amendment prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude" (for example, slavery).
  • State the group of citizens extended protection by the 15th Amendment

• Citizenship Rights

  • In the United States, citizens have certain rights and responsibilities, as defined in the U.S.
  • In the United States, citizens have certain rights and responsibilities, as defined in the U.S.
  • Nationalization is the acquisition of citizenship by somebody who was not a citizen of that country at the time of birth.
  • Citizenship can also be obtained by marrying a citizen, which is termed jure matrimonii.
  • New citizens are welcomed during a naturalization ceremony in Salem, MA.

• The 19th Amendment

  • The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex.
  • The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

• Democracy

  • Democracy is a form of government in which sovereignty is held by the majority of citizens within a country or a state.
  • Citizens over the age of 18 may vote in elections to choose their representatives.
  • Second, all citizens enjoy universally recognized freedoms and liberties.
  • In a full, direct, democracy, every citizen would be able to vote on every law.
  • But in reality, in most democracies, citizens are represented by elected lawmakers charged with drafting and voting on laws.

• The U.S. Political System

  • The United States is a representative federal democracy driven by elections in which citizens' and lobbyists' diverse interests compete.
  • Citizens elect representatives to national, state, and local government; those representatives create the laws that govern U.S. society.
  • Although citizens vote for individual candidates, most candidates are affiliated with one part or another.
  • The United States is also a diverse society, and citizens' competing interests are reflected in politics.
  • Individual citizens are not the only players in U.S. politics.

• Theories of Democracy

  • Democracy requires that all citizens have an equal opportunity to express their opinion.
  • For Aristotle, the underlying principle of democracy is freedom, since only in a democracy can the citizens have a share in freedom.
  • Under minimalism, democracy is a system of government in which citizens give teams of political leaders the right to rule in periodic elections.
  • Deliberative democrats contend that laws and policies should be based upon reasons that all citizens can accept.
  • The political arena should be one in which leaders and citizens make arguments, listen, and change their minds.

• Citizen Gênet Affair

  • The Citizen Genêt Affair threatened American neutrality during the French Revolutionary Wars.
  • The "Citizen Genêt Affair" refers to an event from 1793 to 1794, when a French minister, Edmond-Charles Genêt, was dispatched by the French National Assembly to the United States to enlist American support for France's wars with Spain and Britain.
  • Instead of traveling to Philadelphia to present himself to President Washington for accreditation, Citizen Genêt arrived in Charleston, South Carolina, on April 8, 1793, where he remained after being met with great Democratic-Republican fanfare.
  • Genêt commissioned four privateering ships (the Republicaine, the Anti-George, the Sans-Culotte, and the Citizen Genêt) and organized American volunteers to fight Britain's Spanish allies in Florida.
  • The Citizen Genêt Affair spurred Great Britain to instruct its naval commanders in the West Indies to seize all ships trading with the French.

• The 11th Amendment

  • The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.