Sentence examples for constitution since it from inspiring English sources

Mr. Cordero, who is serving 65 years for murder, said he would like to meet the Constitution, since it is a "living" document.

Wilkes was finally expelled on inconclusive precedents and by a method undoubtedly fraught with danger to the constitution, since it set aside in the name of parliamentary privilege the right of the elector to choose his representative.

But Supreme Court justices, including the most liberal ones, have also recognized over the years that the reference to God in the Pledge of Allegiance probably does not offend the Constitution since it has such a minimal religious effect.

Although, legally speaking, they have no right to vote on the new constitution, since it will be finalised before they formally join the Union next May, political reality gives each of them what amounts to a veto, since all their parliaments will have to ratify the new constitution.

Although migration is no longer legally controlled in China, an individual's right to migrate has not been brought back to China's constitution since it was removed in 1975.

This view is sometimes referred to as the constitution view since it holds that the statue is constituted by, but not identical to, the lump of clay from which it is formed.

While the 15th amendment has been in our Constitution since 1870, it took the Voting Rights Act to help realize the amendment's promise of equality at the polls.

The talk is of an overhaul of the liberal parts of the constitution, unchanged since it was handed down by America in 1947, Mr Abe risks feeding regional rivalries, which could weaken economic growth by threatening trade.Mr Abe is right to want to awaken Japan.

Turkey needs a new constitution since its 1982 one was written by the generals after a coup.

Japan, which has had a pacifist constitution since its defeat in World War II, has started talking about asserting itself militarily, especially in the wake of the nuclear crisis with North Korea.

Ms. Vallejos, a domestic worker who has lived in Hong Kong for more than 25 years, challenged the immigration department ordinance and won a ruling last Sept. 30, when a judge called the department's ruling a violation of the Basic Law, Hong Kong's effective constitution since its return to Chinese rule in 1997.