Sentence examples for constitutional period from inspiring English sources

Nonetheless, the Kenyan Human Rights Commission reported in 2011 that "LGBTI persons are routinely harassed by the police, held in remand houses beyond the constitutional period without charges being pressed against them, and presented in court on trumped-up charges".

The Venezuelan constitution states that "should a total absence of the President of the Republic occur within the first four years of the constitutional period, the authorities shall proceed to an election within the next 30 days".

Explaining the rationale behind the moves, the presidential spokesman said: "This means ending the period of constitutional instability to arrive at a state with a written constitution, an elected president and parliament".

Casey's biggest sin was ruling that Pennsylvania's 24-hour waiting period was constitutional.

The Spanish republic soon abolished slavery and allowed Puerto Rico another period of constitutional government (1870 74).

Because of its special closeness to the king, the Wardrobe became involved in the constitutional conflicts of the period.

After a brief period of constitutional rule, each of the former Spanish colonies in the Americas experienced a collapse of effective national government.

None of these demands seem irresponsible today, and achieving those goals through constitutional amendments in the period before 1914 in no way jeopardized American prosperity.

To be sure, without their votes, the liberal constitutional legacy of the period stretching roughly from Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 to Roe v. Wade in 1973 would have been reversed.

"Pakistan has very recently emerged from a period of constitutional deviation, and the best option is to allow the transition to proceed smoothly," he told the court on Wednesday.

Mr. Gore's explanation yesterday that he did not want to worsen the post-election rifts "during a period of constitutional vulnerability" mollified some skeptical students, but they said they would have welcomed the explanation more when the course began, not as it was ending.