Sentences with phrase «as constitutional history»

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And, as the late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist noted, «It is impossible to build sound doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of constitutional history.»

The Church, as much as the State, is constitutional to the very order of man's life and being; and Jesus Christ is the Lord of History because Christ is Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end (Revelation 21:6) in time and in eternity.

The Court moved a long way toward making homosexual conduct a constitutional right, adopted the radical feminist view that men and women are essentially identical, continued to view the First Amendment as a protection of self - gratification rather than of the free articulation of ideas, and overturned two hundred years of history to hold that political patronage is unconstitutional.

Yet there is one great constitutional truth that Lincoln recognized but we have forgotten — ironically a truth central to Lincoln's role as the pivotal figure in American constitutional history.

Mr Cameron defended the union, describing it as a «constitutional masterstroke» and the most successful union in history between two countries.

British constitutional history reveals, for example, that Parliament in the 18th century was not dormant at initiating norms; rather, the loss of initiative has followed on the advent of mass suffrage and the professionalization of political parties as well as the rise of the administrative State.

«As an expert on the history of our founders and the founding documents, Sen. Loudermilk understands that the only path to fundamentally restoring our constitutional republic is over the heads of leadership in both parties,» Madison Project President Drew Ryun said in a release.

The recent series of constitutional commissions — Holtham in Wales, McKay for all the outlying nations, and most importantly Smith in Scotland — are likely to be seen in history as the precursors of significant constitutional change beyond Westminster.

It is because I object to the new - fangled idea that an early election would result from a motion, perhaps proposed by the Opposition, any MP or even the Government themselves, that requires — this is contrary to all constitutional precedent and history since our Parliament first sat representing the electors of this country — the support of two - thirds or more of those eligible to vote as Members of Parliament.

In Scotland, the separate history of Scots law and separate constitutional documents such as the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320 have led to differences in views about parliamentary sovereignty and debates about constitutional tradition.

Moreover, this strict amendment process has not excessively impeded constitutional change, as it has allowed for many significant constitutional amendments over the nation's history, including the Bill of Rights and Amendments concerning the income tax, the direct election of senators, the two term presidency, and the right to vote of women and 18 year olds.

«Nigeria is passing through the most difficult period of our history, even worse than the civil war going by the kind of anxiety enveloping the country presently as a result of the Boko Haram insurgency, but that should not be used as a licence by any governor or anybody to go out of our constitutional provisions in coming up with a policy to tackle the problem.

Turning to the other English parties, the Liberal Democrat's thin, sketchy and whiney manifesto — full of complaints that the big boys ruined their plans for constitutional reform — might well qualify as the shortest suicide note in history.

Given this mission, and my interest in law as the game engine of governance, I often also touch on history, economics, and constitutional law.

Given this mission, and my interest in law as the game engine of governance, I often also touch on history, economics, and constitutional law.

As many commentators have convincingly explained, it is difficult to square this position with the original understanding of the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause (see Eric Schnapper's «Affirmative Action and the Legislative History of the Fourteenth Amendment»; Michael Klarman's «Brown, Originalism, and Constitutional Theory»; and Jed Rubenfeld's «Affirmative Action»).

They emphasize notions of tolerance and rights, but are inclined to give less attention to history, facts, and key constitutional concepts such as the separation of powers.

So America's constitutional system is adept at accommodating our divisions over the meaning of our history, but only for as long as we cherish and protect the principles of federalism, local control, and freedom they embody.

After earning his masters in Political Science / Constitutional History as a James Madison Fellow» 00, Elder began teaching American Government.

You have in your packet a blue sheet that gives you the order of the day, so I won't belabor that too much, but I will just remind you that we're going to start out with a session on history this morning; then go to a lunchtime segment that will focus on some of the relevant federal constitutional issues, including evaluations of the federal attacks on and defenses of the Blaine amendments; then we will finish off the day with a session that will focus on litigation strategy related to these amendments and some of the arguments being made for and against them in that litigation, as well as a focus on how debates over faith - based initiatives and school vouchers are affected by these particular state constitutional restrictions.

Given this mission, and my interest in law as the game engine of governance, I often also touch on history, economics, and constitutional law.

Given this mission, and my interest in law as the game engine of governance, I often also touch on history, economics, and constitutional law.

The case's procedural history is very complex (the Advocate General referred to it as either Kafkaesque or tilting windmills like Don Quixote, depending on your point of view), so after only a brief factual discussion I will focus on the two major constitutional issues that the Court had to deal with:

Originalism is often disparaged as thinly veiled political conservatism; but this is not borne out by the history of constitutional jurisprudence.

This 1938 case has echoed through history with its powerful support for freedom of expression and freedom of the press as necessary aspects of our constitutional democracy.

She said she agreed that the arrest and search did not violate the Fourth Amendment, but found the issue more complicated, both as a matter of constitutional history and precedent, than Justice Scalia's opinion acknowledged.

With its surprising subsequent history taught as part of the case, Cooper works better as a demonstration of how complex the constitutional system can be, rather than as a demonstration of the supremacy of judicial interpretation.

Given this mission, and my interest in law as the game engine of governance, I often also touch on history, economics, and constitutional law.

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Given this mission, and my interest in law as the game engine of governance, I often also touch on history, economics, and constitutional law.

Participants identified that over the next 20 years, the national representative body would have a leading role to play in achieving constitutional recognition and a treaty, in closing the gap, and in Australia as a country owning and facing up to its history.