Sentence examples for constitutionally permitted from inspiring English sources

Critics accuse Kabila, in power since 2001, of manoeuvring to delay the vote and remain in office beyond his constitutionally permitted two terms.

Either the prime minister will be disposed of by his colleagues some time in the next few weeks; or he will cling on for as long as he is constitutionally permitted to, before calling an election in June 2010.

"By deciding that judges are not constitutionally permitted to decide whether defendants are eligible for the death penalty, the Supreme Court altered the fundamental principles applicable to capital murder trials," he wrote for the majority.In this section A change of heart Would you like your class war shaken or stirred, sir?

On Dec. 1, 1999, Michael Mcconnell appeared before the Supreme Court again, this time to argue that state aid to religious schools is constitutionally permitted as long as it is part of a neutral scheme that provides benefits to private secular schools as well.

The judge presiding in the case, William H. Pauley III, ruled last March that the city was constitutionally permitted to limit events on the lawn to protect it from damage but had to defend itself at trial against the specific charge of violating the two groups' First Amendment rights by denying them permission to rally.

But whatever the social expectations then, dual citizenship is so common today that Congress would no longer count it as grounds for stripping anyone's citizenship, even if constitutionally permitted to do so.

But seriously, are we really going to say that the Constitution provides for and constitutionally permits its own demise?

In a 1997 decision, for example, the Supreme Court ruled that states are not constitutionally required to permit candidates to appear on more than one party's ballot line.

And its Education Department has neglected the all-important issue of teacher quality while fixating on peripheral matters, like making sure that the public schools permit "constitutionally protected prayer".

In a separate action today, the court asked the Clinton administration for its view on whether a state that seeks sponsors for one of the popular "adopt-a-highway" programs is constitutionally obliged to permit the Ku Klux Klan to participate.

There were few squeals from Congressional leaders at Bush's borderline legal and constitutionally dubious executive orders that permitted the long checklist of civil liberties abuses, warrantless wiretaps of U.S. citizens, being one of the more glaring.