Sentence examples for constitution was rewritten from inspiring English sources

The last time California held a constitutional convention was in 1878-79 when the state's founding constitution was rewritten, though a state commission made revisions to the document in the 1960s and 1970s.

The country's constitution was rewritten 17 times between the years 1821 and 1982.

"The constitution was rewritten in 1993, so there are new laws, but no one knows these laws, no one follows them.

The Hungarian constitution was rewritten, expanding the powers of the state, curtailing civil liberties, defining life as beginning at conception, and forbidding same-sex marriage.

At the time, the Constitution was rewritten to strengthen the role of judges, and the popular representation in the Senate was diluted.

But when New Jersey's Constitution was rewritten in 1947, in the state's first attempt at modern government, power was purposely telescoped into one office.

The group also demands that the country's Constitution be rewritten along strictly Islamic lines.

Ethnic Albanians say they are treated as second-class citizens and demand that the Macedonian Constitution be rewritten to upgrade their minority position to equal status with the majority Slavs.

Britain's constitution is being rewritten under our noses, without public debate, without an election.

Ethnic Albanian militants want the Macedonian constitution to be rewritten to guarantee their equal status with majority Slavs.

The Constitution has been rewritten or amended several times over the past half century, most recently in 2004, to include protections for private property rights.