Sentence examples for constitution opposed from inspiring English sources

The editors assert bluntly that the gentry who signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution "opposed popular democracy and social equality..

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha pointedly asked why the bombings had taken place right after the military had succeeded in getting its constitution - opposed by the red-shirts - approved in a national referendum.

Because the decision was based on the state constitution, as opposed to the federal, that means there is virtually no chance that the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn it.

Thousands had marched towards the presidential palace to protest a decree that granted president Mohamed Morsi extraordinary powers ahead of a planned referendum on a constitution also opposed by the demonstrators.

A study by the electoral authority found that government-linked television channels gave those against the reform only 1% of the total time given to those in favour; the remaining commercial channels favoured the No campaign, but by a much smaller margin.Mr Chávez points out that many of those now passionately defending the 1999 constitution originally opposed it.

Above all, if he had concentrated on the letter of the constitution, as opposed to the way it had previously tended to be read, he would have known that the governor-general could both sack the prime minister and force an election – and so was worth worrying about.

They will play a bigger political role while a new constitution they opposed may be amended, the office said.

The new constitution was opposed by the most widely supported national political party the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) led by Stjepan Radić.

As counterintuitive as it might seem to us today, "Federalist" supporters of the 1787 Constitution initially opposed the inclusion of a bill of rights on individualist grounds.

Russia negotiates alongside Turkey and Iran, seeks to reconfigure the opposition, and has even attempted a draft constitution — strongly opposed by the opposition, and encroaching on the "Syrian-led" designation stipulated by the UN Security Council.

He had appeared in a video Monday criticizing the election: "It's important that we say that Venezuela will not give up". The vote Sunday — to elect a Maduro-friendly assembly charged with drafting a new constitution — was opposed by a majority of Venezuelans and denounced by the U.S. and other nations as the most significant step yet toward the end of Venezuelan democracy.