disenfranchisement

How To Use disenfranchisement In A Sentence

• Disenfranchisement in the first sense relates to the virtual exclusion of certain substantive issues from the ordinary political agenda.
• The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States has docketed Igartua, et al.v. United States of America (P-776-06) and Rossello, et al.v. United States of America (P-1105-06) as violations of human rights for the disenfranchisement of "four million American citizens". Puerto Rico voting ban lands USA in international court: 6th in a 21st Century American Colonies series
• Also, the cases are disanalogous: you cannot legitimately compare the situation of a disenfranchised group to that group that aggressively manufactured said disenfranchisement over the past 500 years. Think Progress » Fifty-five years after Brown v. Board, Mississippi county schools ordered to stop school segregation.
• The combined effects of disenfranchisement laws, inmate population trends and economic realities perpetuate a racial divide in society.
• I've believe the exodus of good steady manufacturing jobs are at the crux of the spiritual disenfranchisement we are experiencing in our nation.
• “I do sense that you are invested in felon disenfranchisement for some reason, like I am invested in having a universal franchise ….” Matthew Yglesias » George Will’s Odd Aversion to Democracy
• Perhaps more importantly, Ms Johnson Sirleaf has not been able to dispel the sense of disenfranchisement felt by many indigenous Liberians.
• The camera is objective enough in framing the size of the structure, in presenting its countless lifeless and identical compartments, but again the horror arises from the severe possibility of disenfranchisement gone awry. Weekend Weirdness Review: Tony - London Serial Killer | /Film
• A viable solution must recognize and deal with the sense of disenfranchisement that motivates much terrorism, especially among Islamic populations.
• Disenfranchisement case to be heard in Nevada tomo ... Rumblings on damaged state of US economy