Sentences with phrase «to revise the constitution»
"To revise the constitution" means to make changes or amendments to the fundamental laws and principles that govern a country or organization. It involves reviewing and modifying the written document that outlines the structure of government, outlines the rights of citizens, and establishes the framework for the functioning of the system. Full definition
They're in the process of revising their constitution at the moment, and one feature of the process is the invitation to the public to comment on committee drafts as they're presented online.
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It removes proposals to revise the Constitution from the realm of partisan political controversy, and it necessitates the retention of means, similar to those which have been used in the past, to give the needed flexibility to the development of the Constitutional system — means which, as we have already seen, placed the political destinies of the American people under the immediate direction of a group of benevolent guardians.
The self is a movable and malleable target, one that adapts to changing circumstances, revising its constitution repeatedly over the course of an individual life, taking on strikingly different colorations at different times.
Japan recently announced it was working on revising its constitution, following a reinterpretation of its constitution in 2014 whereby attacks against its allies would also be treated as self - defense.
Paladino said Schulz «is claiming voter standing, ironically, to disenfranchise what he estimates to be over a million people from participating in the process for revising our constitution.»
The CRC is a 37 - member panel tasked with revising the constitution every 20 years, and will put matters before voters on the November ballot.
In fact, the Constitution says the CRC can only revise the Constitution — it makes no reference to the CRC making wholesale amendments and adding new sections to the Constitution.
[12] The Human Rights Council recommended that Australia revise its Constitution, legislation, public policies and programs to enable the full implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
«I don't see the purpose of going through the difficult and expensive exercise of revising our constitution to make it weaker and less clear,» Lerner said.
The Power of the Purse in a Revised Constitution: A Commentary on the Federal Constitutional Papers on Taxing Powers and the Federal Parliament's Power to Spend, by Claude E. Forget.
TCF will be on probation for the remainder of the current academic year and, in accord with the ruling, has submitted a revised constitution to the TCUJ.
The revised constitution clarifies the theologically conservative and evangelical nature of TCF.
During this long ascendancy, they had many opportunities to revise the constitution, yet as late as the late 1970s Labour rejected the idea as constraining their own power to carry through an agenda of state expansion and social change (Bogdanor 2009).
Shall there be a convention to revise the Constitution and amend the same?
For the future, a Convention can revise the Constitution to modernize the language of the Convention Question and require its prominent placement.»
In 1962 we revised the constitution and our relationship with the British government and eventually founded a big nation called Nigeria.
Every 20 years, New York voters are asked this question: «Shall there be a convention to revise the constitution and amend the same?»
Voters did approve a convention in 1965 (on the ballot pursuant to a statutory mandate from the legislature) and it was held in 1967, although voters later rejected the revised constitution produced by that convention.
The Syracuse Post-Standard: «Every 20 years, New York voters are asked this question: «Shall there be a convention to revise the constitution and amend the same?»
On Nov. 7, 2017, New York voters will be asked to weigh in on a question of vital importance: «Shall there be a convention to revise the constitution and amend the same?»
On Nov. 7, 2017 NYS voters will be faced with the question «Shall there be a convention to revise the constitution and amend the same?
On Nov. 7, 2017, New Yorkers interested in cleaning up state government will find this question on the ballot: «Shall there be a convention to revise the constitution and amend the same?»
It was agreed that the three Breed Clubs be asked to include «the revised constitution» on their AGM agendas as an item for discussion.
This revised constitution is to be presented to the AGMs of the breed clubs for ratification.
b) Once CKC approval of the amendment has been received, the Secretary shall notify the members and the revised constitution shall be published.
[3] Ponta Delgada became the region's administrative capital under the revised constitution of 1976; the judiciary and Catholic see remained in the historical capital of Angra do Heroísmo while the Legislative Assembly of the Azores was established in Horta.
However, to revise the constitution, the legislature — by a two - thirds vote of each house — must first propose the revision and then submit it to voters.