Sentence examples for the constitutionalism from inspiring English sources

This political theory was most influentially developed in England, where it inspired the constitutionalism that would also predominate in the United States.

Following Thomas Aquinas, the traditional criteria have not strayed far from the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, but more recent natural law arguments, such as those of Lon Fuller and Ronald Dworkin, have proffered secular standards emanating from the procedural ideals of the rule of law or the constitutionalism of American liberalism.

The constitutionalism they have forgotten was summarized well by Andrew Napolitano in a recent column at antiwar.com.

But there's enough in his thin resume on some cases that pertain to abortion rights, Planned Parenthood funding, a powerhouse federal judiciary, and most menacingly the strictest of strict reading of the constitutionalism, branded "originalism," to serve as fair warning of what's to come if he gets on the SCOTUS.

His usurpation of the throne had meant not only the expulsion of a Roman Catholic sovereign whose rule seemed to threaten Sweden's Lutheranism but also the defeat of the aristocratic constitutionalism of the Council of State, and it had been followed by the execution of five leading members of the high aristocracy.

The rooted constitutionalism of the English – and the same is true of the Scots – is so far taken for granted that we think of it as a genetic trait rather than the product of fortunate historical circumstance.

Paul, on the other hand, has smoothed the crankish edges off his famous father's antiwar conservatism, reframing it in the language of constitutionalism, the national interest and the budget deficit.

As I wrote in the book, "In the end, constitutionalism is about ordinary people doing ordinary things in their ordinary lives to an extraordinary end".

The principles of constitutionalism, the rule of law, and individual rights and liberties were established through the struggles of all mankind, and should not be negated on our watch".

But the concept of "democratic constitutionalism" — the understanding that the Constitution is enforced by citizens and their government through a dialogue with the courts — seems to be gaining momentum.

The essence of the "whole of the state " is constitutionalism: to strengthen each of the three branches of the government and to reinforce the constitutional checks and balances that guarantee and enforce citizen rights and obligations.