Constitutional Convention

How To Use Constitutional Convention In A Sentence

• The two problems with that choice: (1) even if 40-50\% of the population disagrees with President Obama on issues like taxes or gay rights, probably only maybe 10-20\% of the population (those whose Facebook pages include fanhood of Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity, for instance) really sees him as "tyrranical" enough for 1700s "tea party" and "constitutional convention" references to resonate; and (2) politics are cyclical enough that as bad as things look for Republicans now, it's entirely feasible to plan for a Republican rebirth in 2012 Concurring Opinions
• Okay, it would have been much preferred to avoid using the term constitutional convention and, instead, use Article V convention, because the language in Article V clearly limits a convention to amendments and prevents a wholesale rewriting of the constitution. Dissident Voice
• In con- federation period, he advocated revising "the Articles of confederation" actively, and promoted to hold the constitutional convention.
• In this sense, the legal doctrine of sovereignty is the most fundamental of our constitutional conventions.
• But it also tells the tale of how the two friends fell out over whether or not the SNP should join with the Scottish Constitutional Convention, leading to one of the most bitter personal feuds in Scottish politics.
• In this sense, the legal doctrine of sovereignty is the most fundamental of our constitutional conventions.
• There is one other comment I would make, and that is, the Founding Fathers considered, during the Constitutional Convention, giving ultimate authority to the courts to appoint electors. CNN Transcript - Special Event: Supreme Court, Bush V. Gore: Court Hearing Oral Arguments Over Hand Counting Florida Ballots - December 11, 2000
• Early this year, with his term winding to a close, he called a referendum for June 28, which if approved, would call a constitutional convention for the purpose of replacing the current constitution with a brand new one. A national disgrace : Obama’s harrassment of freedom-loving Honduras - E_Pluribus_Unum’s blog - RedState
• The point at which a useful and necessary practice is accorded the status of a constitutional convention is not clear.
• Delegates at the 1787 Constitutional Convention maintained strict secrecy during the proceedings.