Sentences with phrase «past constitutional conventions»

The TV documentaries included excerpts from past constitutional conventions, mostly U.S. state constitutional conventions held during the latter half of the 20th Century, plus a smattering of recent path - breaking constitutional conventions held in other countries.

The TV documentaries generally described the past constitutional conventions in hagiographic terms.

In fact, she says many of those same rights were created in past constitutional conventions.

She says many of those same rights were actually created in past constitutional conventions.

The League of Women Voters» Jennifer Wilson said despite the opponents» worries, no existing rights have ever been taken away in any past constitutional convention.

The League of Women Voters» Jennifer Wilson says despite the opponents» worries, no existing rights have ever been taken away in any past constitutional convention.

Not exact matches

«Unless the federal judiciary is to be a floating constitutional convention,» Noonan added, «a federal court should not invent a constitutional right unknown in the past and antithetical to the defense of human life that has been a chief responsibility of our constitutional government.»

The convention must be deliberately broad, he argued, to avoid the «pick and mix approach» that has «bedevilled» past attempts at constitutional reform.

Over the past couple of weeks, as the referendum campaign reached its climax in Scotland, a concept has suddenly started springing up all over the place in English political debate: the idea of a constitutional convention.

For the past half - century, New Yorkers have rejected the idea of a constitutional convention.

The current governor has said in past State of the State messages that he's for a constitutional convention, but has not talked about the issue.

The general public favors holding a constitutional convention, but support has slipped significantly over the past year with 44 percent of New Yorkers that Siena College surveyed this month saying they'll vote yes.

Over the past year I've written about the Emoluments Clause; the No Religious Tests clause; limits on presidential power as defined in the steel seizure case; the meaning of the oath of office; how the Appropriations Clause constrains lawsuit settlements involving the federal government; how and whether gerrymandering by race and for partisan advantage affects constitutional rights; judicial independence; the decline and fall of the Contracts Clause; the application of Obergefell to issues of public employees and birth certificates; Article V procedure for calling a new constitutional convention; and too many First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment controversies to list.