Sentence examples for end of constitutional from inspiring English sources

To his infinite credit, Lincoln realized that free elections should not, even in principle, be sacrificed even if the cost might be the end of constitutional government.

However, the "No" vote has not marked the end of constitutional politics as a new devolved settlement for Scotland is under way.

Otherwise, a similar argument might be extended to all legislation passed by Parliament, and "[i]t is not difficult to see that this would spell the end of constitutional law itself".

Abe made the economy the focus of his election campaign, rather than any desire to end Japan's era of constitutional pacifism.

This is far from the end of this constitutional question, however.

The vote also marks the end of the constitutional reforms introduced by the interim government, led by Roza Otunbayeva, after Mr Bakiyev's overthrow.

Nigerians were hoping next year to see the first-ever peaceful handover from one elected president at the end of his constitutional term to another.

This marked the end of a constitutional continuity that had lasted for 68 years; it was also the end of a long period of economic expansion based on the export of raw materials.

As the president nears the end of his constitutional term, he is determined says Fyodor Lukyanov of Russia in Global Affairs, a journal to prove that on his watch "Russia has returned to the global arena".

Toward the end of the Constitutional Convention, when George Mason, of Virginia, raised the question of whether the new frame of government ought to include a declaration or a Bill of Rights, the idea was quickly squashed, as Carol Berkin recounts in her new short history, "The Bill of Rights: The Fight to Secure America's Liberties" (Simon & Schuster).

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".