Sentence examples for constitute government from inspiring English sources

Under the Bush administration, the U.S.D.A. has routinely defended checkoff programs, claiming that they constitute "government speech".

The environmental group Greenpeace has asked the European Union to reject the bailout on the grounds that paying for British Energy's nuclear liabilities and renegotiating the contract with British Nuclear Fuels constitute government aid that breaches European Union competition rules, said Jim Footner, a spokesman in London.

So to recap the CEOs' position: We need a Plan and government action, so long as it doesn't constitute government involvement in their business.

The U.S. Department of State has repeatedly claimed that Germany's actions constitute government and societal discrimination against minority religious groups and expressed its concerns over the violation of Scientologists' individual rights posed by sect filters.

Chris Taggart, of the financial transparency group OpenCorporates, warned that the weakened measures would constitute governments returning to "business as usual" less than a year after the Panama Papers.

But it would be a new doctrine, that an extra-constitutional consent of the parties to a Constitution could amplify the jurisdiction of the constituted Government.

Is it not absurd that a duly elected and constituted government should be denied the authority, by external and internal forces, to control its security services?

Backers of the lawsuit argue that this ownership – along with regulations and national monuments that protect the wilderness – constitutes government overreach that limits the local economy.

"Venezuela should break relations with the gangs that kidnap and kill and traffic drugs, and not with a legally constituted government," he said.

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito both posed questions implying that relying on the not-for-profit organizations' healthcare provider in any way to guarantee contraceptive coverage constituted government "hijacking".

It seems that he planned to wait for the armed forces "faithful to their tradition" to come to the rescue of the "legitimately constituted" government, and to crush the naval rebellion.