Sentence examples for constitutional ambiguity from inspiring English sources

The dispute centers around a constitutional ambiguity over how top judges are appointed in Pakistan.

This judgment creates a serious and worrying constitutional ambiguity, which now requires urgent action from the government to resolve".

Britain could be without an effective government for up to six weeks after the election because of constitutional ambiguity and badly-drafted legislation that could result in further political chaos.

Rather than enact new legislation that would create constitutional ambiguity, the Democratic leadership in Congress should assert its strength by simply announcing it will allow no "resolutions" or "authorizations" purporting to delegate to the president Congress's constitutional power to declare war against any other nation.

"If you look at the voucher conversations that have taken place to date, the constitutional ambiguity has served as a deterrent for states to go the voucher route," said Eric Hirsch, an education analyst at the National Conference of State Legislatures, a nonpartisan organization with no position on such programs.

Recognition by the UK itself through a bilateral settlement would be the "first prize", in Smith's words, as it would end sanctions and constitutional ambiguity and make foreign acceptance, at least in the West, far more likely.

Republicanism was presented as a means to clarify Rhodesia's claimed constitutional status, end ambiguity regarding ties with Britain and elicit official foreign recognition and acceptance.

It does not specify what the constitutional requirements are, an ambiguity which has allowed rival claims of authority to be advanced by parliament and the executive.

"In a way only good judges can do, he manages both to portray the ambiguity of constitutional law... and yet not shy from judgment about what actually happened and what to make of it," Andrew Sullivan wrote here.

Erman's gripping account shows how, in the wake of the Spanish-American War, administrators, lawmakers, and presidents together with judges deployed creativity and ambiguity to transform constitutional meaning for a quarter of a century.

Both sides of any controversial issue can find textual justification for their positions, and there is enough ambiguity in certain constitutional phrases ("cruel and unusual punishment," "a well regulated militia") to fuel centuries of arguments.