Sentence examples for constitutional controversy from inspiring English sources

Burke soon took an active part in the domestic constitutional controversy of George III's reign.

Before long, though, Roberts steered away from nostalgic reverie and into constitutional controversy.

Discusses the constitutional controversy surroundiing court jurisdiction in PINS cases, and the controversy over placement and treatment policies.

However, a divisive constitutional controversy appears to be brewing over how long the next elected chief executive will serve.

Buckingham Palace is absolutely paranoid about the Queen becoming embroiled in any sort of constitutional controversy that would compromise her role as the impartial head of state.

His absence for the start of his term set off a constitutional controversy, but the Supreme Court said he could be sworn in later.

Unlike other hot-button constitutional controversies, conservatives have a hopeless public-relations war to wage.

Amid the religious and constitutional controversies of the mid-17th century, the council system was swept away, but the Privy Council was never formally abolished.

In the popular imagination, that struggle was defined by the dramatic face-off between Thomas and his former colleague Anita Hill, but Senate Democrats still fume about an earlier part of those hearings — when the nominee refused to reveal his views on many legal and constitutional controversies, among them Roe v. Wade.

The Supreme Court has long ruled that a mere ideological interest in seeing a law enforced is a "generalized grievance" that is not sufficiently personal or concrete to support a constitutional "case or controversy," the only kind the court has the authority to resolve.

Any such action would create huge controversy over constitutional principles of state sovereignty and responsibility.