Sentence examples for based on the constitution from inspiring English sources

Today's Constitution is based on the Constitution of 1964.

"We are a free nation, and based on the Constitution and citizenship rights, people are completely free to express their criticism and even their protest," he said.

Foreign aid groups have to make a "commitment that their activity will be based on the Constitution of Afghanistan," which forbids conversion from Islam, Mr. Amarkhiel said.

"This is not based on the Constitution, and it is a big problem that two people can decide the supreme authority of the state all by themselves, at their own discretion," said Naoto Kan, the policy director of the Democratic Party, Japan's leading opposition group.

Dr. Herr's argument was based on the Constitution's equal-protection guarantee, which underlay many of the court rulings involving civil rights for racial minorities.

That case, however, was based on the Constitution's equal-protection clause and did not address the different standards imposed by the Voting Rights Act.

However, if it was based on the state constitution, it might violate the federal Constitution, which vests the power to regulate elections in the state Legislature.

But the case in Pennsylvania is based on the state Constitution, which is more specific than the federal Constitution about the right to vote.

Based on the state constitution's promise of equal rights, gay couples must be allowed to marry.

Because the decision was based on the state constitution, as opposed to the federal, that means there is virtually no chance that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn it.

Sarah Rees, director of MyEnvironment, said that the coalition was looking at whether a legal challenge, based on the Australian constitution, could be launched to usurp the RFAs.