Sentence examples for constitutional determination from inspiring English sources

"Since the Legislature refused to allow the people to decide expeditiously, we will let the Supreme Court make this constitutional determination," the statement said.

He added that the author of the majority opinion in Kelo, Justice John Paul Stevens, had said at a bar association meeting that he would have voted against the takings plan had he been a legislator rather than a judge making a constitutional determination.

To this, Roberts acidly asked Garre, "So, what, you conduct a survey and ask students if they feel racially isolated, and that's the basis for our constitutional determination?" With Justice Samuel Alito's replacement of O'Connor in 2006, there was no question that the balance of power on the court had shifted toward the conservatives on matters of race.

In January 1936, George V dies, and David ascends the throne as King Edward VIII, but causes a constitutional crisis with his determination to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite divorcée who is still legally married to her second husband.

Association of FTO rs7185735 (A > G) with determination of constitutional type.

Instead of flatly ruling out self-determination on constitutional grounds, he could say, "All right, let's settle the terms on which you could secede and then we'll see whether you really want to do it".

Christine Anderson, the governor's press secretary, said, "We respect District Attorney Soares's constitutional authority to make this determination, and his process for doing so".

It is this logic, the logic of marriage itself, that Bush and other proponents of a constitutional ban defy in their determination to exclude homosexuals.

Constitutional Commissions, 1987 Constitution.

There is also the entitlement to informational self-determination, which the German constitutional court has defined as a basic right.

The US courts have ruled that the right to make decisions about medical treatment is both a common law right based on bodily integrity and self-determination, as well as a constitutional right based on privacy and liberty.