Sentences with phrase «opponents of the new constitution»

The republicans (i.e., the reluctant supporters and anti-Federalist opponents of the new Constitution) supported a tradition of political thought that wanted to see government «make of its citizens the best people they are capable of becoming,» to inculcate moral virtue as it was defined by each concrete political community.

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People hold signs during a Turn Albany Upside Down rally at the Capitol on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. Hundreds of opponents of the stateà «Â's new gun control law say it infringes on their right to bear arms, criticizing Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislators, chanting for freedom and taking a collective oath to uphold the constitution.

As a large number of New Hampshire's nonpublic schools are religious, opponents of school choice have challenged the program under, among other things, an 1877 amendment to the state constitution frequently referred to as a Blaine Amendment.