Sentence examples for adopted constitution from inspiring English sources

The final of the 10 amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights, the Tenth Amendment was inserted into the Constitution largely to relieve tension and assuage the fears that existed among states' rights advocates who believed that the newly adopted Constitution would enable the federal government to run roughshod over the states and their citizens.

She championed several women's rights guarantees in the recently adopted constitution, including a provision that requires either the president or vice-president to be a woman.

In the early years of their independence from Spain, most Latin-American countries adopted constitutions similar to that of the United States.

New states entering the union adopted constitutions without any property qualifications for voting, putting pressure on older states to eliminate those restrictions.

The new nations almost invariably adopted constitutions and established parliamentary governments, believing that these institutions would lead to the same freedom and prosperity that had been achieved in Europe.

Under the bill, the parties would be required to adopt constitutions and bylaws; use voting machines when committee members fill vacancies in the Legislature; and keep an updated list of committee members on file with the county clerk.

In 1884 the organization adopted a constitution.

Parliamentary elections were held in September October 1990, after which a new National Assembly adopted the constitution of March 1991; the constitution has since been amended.

Opposition to woman suffrage in the United States predated the Constitutional Convention (1787), which drafted and adopted the Constitution.

Six years later the new country adopted a Constitution that implicitly recognized civilian control.

It also adopted a constitution, elected a lay-clerical Supreme Council, and unanimously elected Hodur bishop.