Sentence examples for constitution driven by from inspiring English sources

This year legislatures in Maryland, New Mexico and Nevada all rescinded old resolutions calling for a convention, fearing that it would lead to a major rewrite of the Constitution driven by Republicans, who control most state legislatures.

The Copperheads, touting their allegiance to the Constitution but driven by racism, eventually alienated the Army and the public with their delusional belief in the Confederacy's willingness to compromise.

Nevertheless, the process of creating a written Dutch constitution was mainly driven by internal political factors, not by French influence — until Napoleon forced the Dutch government to accept his brother as monarch.

The timing was actually driven by the Afghan constitution — the need for troops to get there in time to secure the presidential election.

But much of the conflict has been driven by sections of that constitution, particularly those that impose new restrictions on who is eligible for Ivorian citizenship.

The country's corrupt President, who one could rightly label now as "outgoing," was driven by such power hunger he amended the constitution through a fraudulent referendum in order to remain in office beyond his December, 2009 term limit.

Liberal peoples satisfy the requirements of political liberalism: they have legitimate liberal constitutions, with governments that are under popular control and not driven by large concentration of private economic power.

It began in 1905 in Iran, driven by the quest to secure parliamentary government and a Constitution from the Qajar dynasty.

That rosy view is challenged by opponents who believe the ruling party is driven by an authoritarianism that aims to subvert Turkey's traditional secular constitution.

Under this Agreement, a new Constitution is to be crafted in Zimbabwe and the process for this should be "owned and driven by the people and must be inclusive and democratic".

This court has so repeatedly marked itself as driven by politics that it is no longer viable as an unbiased interpreter of the Constitution.