Sentence examples for constitution subject from inspiring English sources

They include America: the state of Georgia made voting compulsory in its 1777 constitution, subject to a fine, unless the person could provide a "reasonable excuse" (see Article 12).

This would have allowed the Parliament of Canada to repeal or amend any provision of the Constitution, subject to a veto by any given province on certain major issues but to a two-thirds majority on others.

In the debate he proposed that the convention conditionally adopt the Constitution, subject to Congress considering and acting on a suite of amendments.

The Article provides that all existing laws shall continue in force after the commencement of the Constitution subject to "modifications, adaptations, qualifications and exceptions as may be necessary to bring them into conformity" with the Constitution of Singapore.

The states were to write new constitutions (subject to approval by Congress) and hold elections for state officials.

The constituting subject of treaties are states, and the constituting subject of constitutions is the individual.

This article questions the idea of two constitution-making subjects in the EU and claim there is and can only be one constituting subject even in a multilevel configuration like the EU.

An agent's actions will not be governed or restrained by the constitution nor subject to review by US courts.

The opposition's attempt to invoke the constitution and subject the president to a recall referendum looks doomed.

Thou shalt adopt a balanced-budget rule in thy constitution, and subject it to the European Court of Justice…It took just a little more than 40 days and 40 nights for Angela Merkel to bring down the tablets of fiscal law.

Rather, his model is that of a federation of nation states founded on a shared sovereignty between 'the "citizens" and the "peoples" as the constitution founding subjects [12: 54].