Sentence examples for constitutions by from inspiring English sources

The new states had all drafted constitutions by mid-1777 under orders from the Second Continental Congress.

Many countries, including Commonwealth nations – vouchsafed their constitutions by the UK – have provisions for change by referendums.

Several African leaders are currently seeking to flout their constitutions by running for a third term; imagine if Barack Obama tried such a thing.

New York's highest court ruled today that the state had violated the state and federal Constitutions by denying Medicaid benefits to thousands of needy legal immigrants.

In a defeat for Greenwich, the court ruled unanimously on Thursday that residents-only beach policies defied the federal and state constitutions by denying nonresidents freedoms of expression and association.

This week, New York's highest court ruled that the state had violated the state and federal Constitutions by denying Medicaid benefits to legal immigrants who arrived after August 1996, and that now it must pony up.

Anyone who understands the labor movement knows well that local unions have their own constitutions, by-laws, executive boards, bank accounts and, most important, their own voice.

"Constitutional lawyers define it as a change of constitution by means not foreseen therein.

Congress can't change the Constitution by passing a law.

It is struggling to fulfill its primary task: to draft a new constitution by mid-August.

Dutch voters rejected the proposed constitution by 61.6 38.4% in a turnout of 63%.