Sentence examples for subversion of the constitution from inspiring English sources
Subversion of the constitution is an act of high treason, punishable by death.
"Another reason the President should not use an emergency declaration," conservative writer Erick Erickson tweeted, linking to Trump's 2014 statement about Obama's subversion of the Constitution.
And I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction, of the Constitution".
The ISA has its constitutional basis in Article 149 of the Constitution, which sanctions preventive detention and allows for laws passed by the legislature against subversion to override the Articles protecting the personal liberties of the individual.
When the case was decided, Article 149(1) of the Constitution, which protects the validity of anti-subversion laws notwithstanding inconsistencies with specified fundamental liberties, did not cover inconsistencies with Article 12.
The legislative authority for the enactment of the ISA is Article 149 of the Constitution of Singapore, which appears in Part XII ("Special Powers against Subversion and Emergency Powers").
Republicans supposedly revere the Constitution, but in its birthplace, Pennsylvania, they are contemplating a subversion of the Framers' institutional architecture.
"There is a perverse subversion of our existing Constitution under way," said Gen. Raúl Isaías Baduel, a retired defense minister and former confidant of Mr. Chávez who broke with him in a stunning defection this month to the political opposition.
And all on account of the constitution".
