Sentence examples for constitutional consensus from inspiring English sources

"This growing disillusionment … for many of us in the room might be striking and surprising because … since the 1970s up until very recently, we've been living through a sustained period of what you could refer to as constitutional consensus, or agreement – the basic sense that the Constitution produces just outcomes, that it's worthy of veneration," Rana said.

"No court will get close to it, and everyone else is on board, so there's a constitutional consensus, the merits of arguments such as this one aside," said Peter J. Spiro, an authority on the law of citizenship at Temple University.

She also understood the need to consider the concerns and aspirations of all South Africans in their search for constitutional consensus".

Many commentators on the Court have pondered if the justices will positively take note of the victories in Rhode Island, Delaware, and Minnesota as evidence of a shifting constitutional consensus that Americans believe that the fundamental freedom to marry (or not to marry) extends to loving, committed same-sex couples and their families.

Tony Blair, who believes it is impossible to achieve such important constitutional change without consensus, has appointed a royal commission under the chairmanship of the former Tory cabinet minister, Lord Wakeham, to draw up recommendations.

In particular, the skillful use of supermajorities — approval of a new constitution required a two-thirds majority in the constituent assembly — fostered consensus throughout the constitutional reform.

The use of temporary constitutions can also reduce cognitive biases that tend to predominate in constitutional moments and promote consensus building among constitutional designers by lowering the decision costs involved in negotiating and reaching a constitutional bargain.

And while the HAT has been charged with restoring political stability and governing until a presidential election can be held under a new constitution, there is no clear consensus on how constitutional politics will be restored.

There is broad consensus among constitutional scholars that Ms. Jean should allow the opposition to govern.

Mr. Erdogan, in an address to hundreds of cheering supporters at his party headquarters in Ankara, the capital, acknowledged the need to work for a consensus if constitutional reforms were to be realized, a priority shared by the country's political parties and civil organizations.

"The consensus [among constitutional lawyers] is that it means citizens at birth," said Gabriel Chin, a professor at UC Davis.