Sentence examples for moderate constitution from inspiring English sources

He introduced a moderate constitution that left much power in the hands of the nobles but markedly limited the absolute powers of the throne.

Rome and its surrounding region (Lazio) remained under papal rule, but the remainder of the Italian peninsula, apart from Austrian Venetia, became one kingdom under a moderate constitution.

The more conservative wing (led by Francisco Martínez de la Rosa, a dramatist) wished for a more moderate constitution, based on the French Charter of 1814, which would give better representation to the upper classes and would not be totally unacceptable to the king, as was the "prison" of the constitution of 1812.

Like Washington, Madison urged Congress to keep the revision to the Constitution "a moderate one", limited to protecting individual rights.

"It's important not to be supporting gay marriage, to be drawing the line in some way but to draw it in a more reasonable, moderate way than amending the Constitution," said Andrew Kohut, at the Pew Research Center.

Donald Kagan has said of him that "...his entire career reveals him to be a patriot and a true moderate, sincerely committed to a constitution granting power to the hoplite class, whether in the form of a limited democracy or a broadly based oligarchy", while John Fine has noted that "like many a person following a middle course, he was hated by both political extremes".

He led a group of moderate delegates who wrote a compromise constitution aimed at satisfying both unitarian (those favouring a unitary government) and federalist (those favouring a federal government) delegates.

Constitutional Commissions, 1987 Constitution.

The Constitution Project is considered a moderate thinktank that strives to bridge political divides.

More moderate commentators propose a revision of the constitution to enhance the role of the senate.

Liberals and moderates opposed to writing bigotry into the Constitution are being joined by a growing number of conservatives who see nothing conservative about federalizing marriage law or turning America's most essential legal document into an election-year football.