Sentences with phrase «forbidden by the constitution»

courses in the curriculum — especially the saturation of home economics courses with pop humanistic psychology — constitute the «establishment of religion» forbidden by the Constitution's First Amendment.

@SJuan76 none of those powers are forbidden by the constitution, but they are neither granted.

Both Congress and the state legislatures are expressly forbidden by the Constitution from passing bills of attainder.

Not exact matches

Although the power of Congress to forbid slavery in federal territories was well - established, Sandford argued that slaves were private property of the sort protected by the Constitution against deprivation without due process of law, and that therefore Congress lacked any constitutional authority to ban slavery in the territories.

The dispute was over an $ 8 million tax abatement, with the Masons contending that the state constitution forbids such aid to an institution controlled by a religious body.

``... Accordingly, by this court's separate decision, order, and judgment, dated April 12, 2012, the petition has been denied, and this court has declared that the formula prescribed in article III, § 4 of the New York Constitution does not forbid New York from increasing the size of the New York State Senate to 63 seats in 2012.»

My discussion of the U.S. Constitution in the blog post concludes that «bills of attainder and ex post facto laws..., if they were not explicitly forbidden by particular clauses of the U.S. Constitution, would be implicitly forbidden by the separation of powers.»

He held that the lower court was in grievous error when it ordered the publication of Ibrahim's name pointing out that the decision of the high court was in total breach of the provision of section 36 of the 1999 constitution, which it said forbade any court from denying fair hearing to a party likely to be affected by final decision of the court.

Only a federally established church was forbidden by the First Amendment (although most states disestablished their state religions after the Constitution was adopted).

Mexico's constitution currently forbids outsiders from investing in the energy sector in exchange for a share of production, a global practice that has been embraced even by communist Cuba.

True the existing constitution does not grant such authority, but just to make sure such thing crystal clear, an amendment could crafted that specifically forbids such or similar overreach by the government at any time in the future.

Last but hardly least, the case could set the stage for a decision on an issue never squarely decided by the court — whether the Constitution forbids the execution of a defendant who can demonstrate «actual innocence.»

«Unlike the Congress of the United States, the General Assembly of Virginia functions under no grant of power»... The General Assembly, in «represent [ing] the sovereign authority of the people» is restricted only by the Constitution of Virginia «in express terms or by strong implication»... [I] t is a restraining instrument, and... the General Assembly... possesses all legislative power not prohibited by the Constitution»... In short, «[u] nless forbidden by some State or Federal constitutional provision,» the General Assembly's «powers are plenary.

The Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, along with similar provisions in state constitutions, forbids the taking of private property by the government for a public use without just compensation.