Sentence examples for constitution measures from inspiring English sources

It's primary reason for holding out was the addition of a Bill of Rights to the Constitution, measures which clarified the restrictions on the power of the federal government, but did not protect slavery.

Under the Constitution, tax measures are supposed to originate in the House, an issue that can be finessed, but only with the cooperation of House leaders.

Some believe that the AK's latest attempts to reform the constitution, including measures to enhance the president's powers, are tailored for Mr Erdogan to take the job.

In 2008 and again in 2010, Gardner backed "personhood" amendments to the Colorado state constitution -- measures that would grant full human rights to embryos, starting from the moment that sperm fertilizes a human egg.

Under the Constitution, revenue measures must originate in the House of Representatives.

Rather than strengthen the Constitution, these measures violate religious freedom and undermine the independence of our courts.

The state Constitution has measures for removing a mentally unstable governor, but that's not likely to happen in this case, observers said.

Stay tuned for a flurry of state constitution ballot measures and other creative means of assuring the US Department of Education that they are prepared to funnel public money toward private schools in salivating reaction to dangled federal dollars.

In some states (for example, Ireland and Belgium) the Constitution limits measures that can be taken, providing greater opportunities for individuals to challenge public health interventions.

This produced a constitutional crisis because under the old Constitution, no measure that failed to get 60percentt of the votes of the Slovak minority could pass.

With two-thirds majorities needed to draft and adopt a constitution, some measure of reconciliation was necessary to avoid deadlock.