Sentence examples for constitutional legislation from inspiring English sources

"It is astonishing that, contrary to all previous commitments, the government has abandoned any semblance of pre-legislative scrutiny on such fundamental constitutional legislation, tearing up election and post-election pledges before the ink on them is dry". Young said the proposed change to spring-to-spring annual sessions would not result in fewer sitting days.

How did Mr Barak propose to pass weighty constitutional legislation, the pundits asked, when he has effectively lost his Knesset majority?

The report said the court further found that the military-appointed justice minister had wrongly usurped "the power of constitutional legislation".

Special majorities are required for constitutional legislation and for the election of the president of the republic, Constitutional Court judges, and members of the Superior Council of the Magistrature.

"It is true that in the instance before us the interposition of the court is not sought to enforce action by the Executive under constitutional legislation, but to restrain such action under legislation alleged to be unconstitutional.

European constitutional theory accepts that structural principles like the "rule of law" or the "Social State" can be deducted by the overall corpus of the constitutional legislation, even without an explicit references to them.

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Ultimately, California and 40 other states acted to limit marriage to one man and one woman by constitutional amendment, legislation or both; in 30 states, the amendments are on the books.

Senator Ian Macdonald, who chairs the Senate legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee, has accused Triggs of misleading it and flagged the possibility she could be called back to explain herself.

On Tuesday, Triggs told the Senate legal and constitutional affairs legislation committee that there had been "a real slipping back in our commitment to the rule of law and fundamental freedoms" in Australia.

Woods' website explains that she favors passing bills enacting this extreme pro-gun position, called "constitutional carry" legislation.