Sentences with phrase «with major constitutional reform»

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A concern that a new settlement will be a stitch - up amongst the major political parties and the vibrancy of the referendum campaign in Scotland have energised campaigners to call for a convention that is either constituted fully by randomly - selected citizens (as with the British Columbia Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform) or one that is a mix of randomly - selected citizens and participants appointed by political parties (as with the Irish Constitutional Convention).

So people have a hard time connecting compelling current concerns — such as widespread corruption, or non-competitive elections, or a need for major improvements in such fundamental policy areas as education — with the possibility for reform through state constitutional change.

The introduction of major legal reforms, particularly by the lower courts, in the guise of a constitutional reinterpretation and with the assistance of inherently amorphous concepts such as gross disproportionality, undermines the democratic process.