Sentence examples for constitution not only from inspiring English sources

But in an opinion that employed multiple modes of constitutional interpretation, the Court concluded that the Constitution not only conferred recognition power to the President, but also that this power was not shared with Congress.

The constitution not only decides what taxes may be raised, but who gets them.

Thailand's constitution not only has undemocratic elements, but also gives the central government too much power.

Had our leaders abided by our Constitution, not only would they have better supported our values, they would have been more effective in responding to terrorism.

The Constitution not only sets limits on official power, Breyer asserts; it insures the right of ordinary citizens to shape the workings of government.

The Constitution not only gave the governor the power to pardon, they said, but also left it solely to the governor to determine whether they were issued properly.

Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation illuminates how the U.S. Constitution not only survived its greatest test but emerged stronger after the war.

The U.S. Constitution not only gives the United States the ability to decide -- country-wide -- how much the largest player in the government bond market will borrow.

As importantly, Obama can give progressives a new way of talking about the Supreme Court and the Constitution that not only connects with the political center, but trounces the conservative vision of a Constitution drained of its inspiration and life.

The U.S. Constitution is not only replete with phrases taken from the British constitutional vocabulary, but in several respects, it also represents a codification of its authors' understanding of the English constitution, to which they added ingenious federalist inventions and the formal amending procedure itself.

Egypt's new constitution enshrines not only sharia, but the jurisprudence of Sunni Islam as defined by its leading scholars.