Sentence examples for block the constitution from inspiring English sources

Senators, some 20% of whom are soldiers, are currently appointed by the king, but would, under the new constitution, be elected.Those fearing violence worry that parliament will block the constitution, which would necessitate a divisive national referendum.

The military controls one-quarter of the seats in Parliament, enough to block the amending of the Constitution.

According to the Reporter, Kasowitz plans to file a motion to block the lawsuit under the Constitution's Supremacy Clause.

According to the Reporter, Kasowitz plans to file a motion to block the lawsuit under the Constitution's Supremacy Clause.

Morsi's decree in mid-November giving himself power over the courts was meant to stop the courts from blocking the current constitution from seeing the light of day.

In late December the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), one of the three partners in the Global Political Agreement (GPA) coalition government, blocked the proposed constitution from going forward to a referendum, declaring that it did not represent the collective public view.

The Republican minority used the state courts to block the attempt to change the constitution.

How, they ask, can 4m Irish people be allowed to block the adoption of a constitution for 470m Europeans?

They said they wanted to strike from the temporary constitution a provision that would allow a relatively small minority of the country's voters to block the passage of a permanent constitution, which is to be written next year.

But the Cubs used their veto rights under the league constitution to block the proposed switch of their club and St . Louisto the West and Cincinnati and Atlanta to the East.

His snap decision on November 22nd to grant himself sweeping new powers was necessary, they say, to forestall an alleged plot by counter-revolutionaries to block the passage of a new constitution.