Sentence examples for constitutional officer from inspiring English sources

"As a constitutional officer elected by the people I personally feel the Commonwealth's Constitution should be upheld….

Mr. Quackenbush, 46, offered his resignation, effective July 10, in a one-sentence letter to the only other Republican constitutional officer, Secretary of State Bill Jones.

After all, while courts usually defer to Congress on such questions, the president is under no such obligation: he is a constitutional officer entitled to his own views on governmental necessity, particularly on matters of national defense.

I embark on a special session not to advocate either position of the two protagonists but as a constitutional officer with a responsibility to represent the best interests of all Floridians.

But Article II of the constitution requires the devolution of the power of the presidency to an "officer" and it is unlikely that a member of Congress is an "officer" in the constitutional sense.Until 1947, the designated successor was the secretary of state, undoubtedly a constitutional officer and also likely to possess greater stature than the speaker.

The constitutional officer that cannot sign bills into laws "signs" a bill destined for the dustbin.

Empowered to nominate all constitutional officers by the state's first constitution, that power of the office of the governor has been reduced in subsequent constitutions, as more of those offices became elective.

All of the seven constitutional officers, other than the governor's office, have said they will not comply with the furlough order.

As constitutional officers, judges cannot be laid off.

If Mr. Schwarzenegger is elected, he will find himself the only Republican among the states eight constitutional officers.

"There's no communication with the constitutional officers," Mr. Hynes said, referring to the state elected officials like himself.