Sentence examples for constitution entrusts from inspiring English sources

But Scalia said that partisan gerrymandering was not a subject that belonged in federal court; rather, he wrote, the Constitution entrusts the issue to the political branches of government and "involves no judicially enforceable rights".

Still, Mr. Bolton acknowledged that the Constitution "entrusts the presidency with the initiative and predominant role in foreign policy," a prerogative that offers Mr. Obama leeway to assert himself abroad even if he is being stymied at home.

The House could not force a witness to testify in a House investigation whose sole and avowed purpose was to decide the guilt of a person already impeached, or to determine whether or not a treaty should be ratified, since the Constitution entrusts these functions to the Senate.

The Constitution entrusts state legislatures, elected by the People, to define marriage consistent with the values and mores of their citizens".

"The Constitution entrusts States with the job of designing congressional districts," wrote Justice Elena Kagan in the 5-to-3 decision.

The Constitution entrusted this power to the voters.

Sections 2 and 8 of the 1978 constitution entrusted the army to prevent the breakup of "indissoluble" Spain – one reason most Basques voted against the constitution in a referendum.

That is guaranteed by the constitution, which entrusts the four most important ministries, including home affairs, to the military, gives a quarter of parliamentary seats to serving soldiers and empowers a military-dominated security council to declare emergency law – in effect a constitutional coup – whenever it fancies.

So too, the Constitution has entrusted the Legislature -- to the Legislature the right to determine when, if ever, there shall be a manual recount, and I pause here to note that there is no right by the federal or the state Constitution to manual counts ever.

I trust as well that Congress will respect this president's authority to wage war on terrorism and to defend our nation and its citizens with all the power vested in him by the Constitution and entrusted to him by the American people.

In other words, among the three co-equal branches of our government, it is the Legislature to which our Constitution has entrusted the right and the responsibility of determining the circumstances under which an election can be contested and there is none other than what it has stated.