Sentence examples for constitution mandated that from inspiring English sources

From 1789 to 1913, the Constitution mandated that United States senators be chosen by state legislators.

The original Constitution mandated that enslaved Africans be counted as three-fifths of a person.

Some need to be updated: until 1994 Argentina's constitution mandated that the president had to be a Catholic.

From 1789 to 1913, U.S. senators were not directly elected by the people instead the Constitution mandated that they be chosen by state legislators.

In 2005, Iraq's new constitution mandated that a quarter of the members of parliament be women, but Saddam's fall brought to power conservative religious clerics and parliamentarians who favored laws that would give clerics more control over personal matters.

When no candidate received a majority of the electoral votes in the 1824 presidential election, the constitution mandated that the election be decided in the House.

The stock exchange's constitution mandates that industry representatives hold 12 of the 27 board seats.

The Constitution mandates that bills raising revenue originate there; it has become custom that spending bills also originate there.

But the constitution mandates that oil is the property of the Mexican people, and the issue touches deep chords of national pride.

The U.S. Constitution mandates that a census of the population be performed every 10 years.

The Constitution mandates that each state receive at least one House seat.