Sentence examples for constitutional concepts from inspiring English sources

Such was the discourse of the Casbah sit-in: jobless men from mining and farming towns invoking Enlightenment-era constitutional concepts.

Why then, Mr. Specter wanted to know, shouldn't other constitutional concepts — like individual liberty — have a chance to evolve as well?

In response, Green pointed out that many constitutional concepts — like judicial review and separation of powers — are not found verbatim in the Constitution.

As for Ms. O'Donnell, he said, "I don't think she acquitted herself terribly well there," since whatever she might actually know, she did not leave the impression that she was conversant in basic constitutional concepts.

In the international college of English-speaking people we can also include Canada, Australia, New Zealand and, to a growing extent, India, whose elites share not only the same language but also its political nuances, as well as many of the same constitutional concepts and a regard for such elementary graces as fair play.

Of course, it is possible that judges will depart from that duty and use constitutional concepts like "liberty" to constitutionalize their policy preferences.

The decision came after a complaint from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, an advocacy group, that the words violated the constitutional concept of religious freedom.

The court also revealed that originalism of a certain variety--an originalism tethered to the original expected applications of constitutional concepts--is incapable of keeping government officials within constitutional limits today.

May 3, 1748 Fréjus, France June 20 , 1836Paris, France Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès, (born May 3, 1748, Fréjus, France died June 20 , 1836 Paris) churchman and constitutional theorist whose concept of popular sovereignty guided the National Assembly in its struggle against the monarchy and nobility during the opening months of the French Revolution.

Likewise, the principle of constitutional patriotism, a concept associated with the liberal German scholar Juergen Habermas posits that citizenship is defined by shared, universal republican or democratic values, rather than by a common history or ethnic origin.

Executive privilege is one of the most ambiguous concepts in constitutional law.