Sentence examples for constitutional reasoning from inspiring English sources
Mr. Gingrich also would drag judges before Congress "to explain their constitutional reasoning" in some decisions "and to hear a proper Congressional constitutional interpretation".
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in 1969 that the fairness doctrine was constitutional, reasoning that the public's right to know the full range of views on important issues superseded a broadcaster's right to free speech.
It is irrelevant because it has nothing to with sound constitutional reasoning.
Out of all the governors in the Western United States, Carr was the only one to oppose the incarceration of Japanese Americans, opposition based on constitutional reasoning.
Dinesh D'Souza characterized the decision as a "legal fraud," having "little to do with constitutional reasoning and everything to do with an assertion of political power".
So, if all the broccoli-baiters want to suggest that upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act and the individual responsibility provision means that the government will be able to force you to eat four servings a day of vegetables or go to the gym, they need to actually engage in some constitutional reasoning.
San Martín and Bolívar sought to generate Latin American integration, but disagreed on the type of government: Bolívar proposed a republic, and San Martín a constitutional monarchy, reasoning that it would be easier to receive international recognition for the now-independent South American nations.
For this reason, it is misguided for courts to reflexively apply to the Second Amendment the same constitutional standards and reasoning developed in First Amendment cases.
The majority's work here is like a boxing promoter with a glass-jawed champion; when they don't like the constitutional opponent their reasoning has to face, they create a new opponent out of whole cloth.
Constitutional Commissions, 1987 Constitution.
Contrary to Greenfield's reasoning, not one of the constitutional violations he cites would be permitted under the People's Rights Amendment and each could and would be successfully challenged by natural persons.
