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incorporate into a constitution, make constitutional
A woman's right to an abortion was constitutionalized in the 1970's -
take a walk for one's health or to aid digestion, as after a meal
A good way of exercising is to constitutionalize -
provide with a constitution, as of a country
The United States were constitutionalized in the late 18th century
How To Use constitutionalize In A Sentence
- The people who are so sure of themselves that they want to constitutionalize their views, or those who think that Keynes may have been on to something to some extent in his General Theory of Employment, Interest, andMoney? The Volokh Conspiracy » Bloggers agree: Little chance for immigration bill, and they hate the VAT
- He is mildly positive but points out that a talk-radio discussion of the bill ‘illustrates how quick people are, even on the right, to constitutionalize all sorts of arguments that aren't really about the Constitution at all.’
- In a follow-up response article, I speculate a bit about why the Court often constitutionalizes property law rules into Fourth Amendment doctrine despite rejecting property as a formal guide.
- As part of the deal to constitutionalize rights in the '82 Constitution Act, the provinces extracted a pound of flesh from the Feds.
- You must be awfully confident of your grasp of macroeconomics to think we should constitutionalize a tool (deficit spending) that many economists believe is absolutely critical to combat recessions. The Volokh Conspiracy » Bloggers agree: Little chance for immigration bill, and they hate the VAT
- Q: The more we move to constitutionalize, the more we have problems of entanglement. Archive 2009-02-01
- As a doctrinal matter, I don't find the Court's attempt to constitutionalize his harm principle (which holds that private behavior cannot be regulated absent harm to others) especially convincing.
- They overturn laws passed by legislators, constitutionalize rights not enumerated in the Constitution, even determine the outcome of a presidential election.
- Almost everywhere ‘written’ constitutions govern, fair procedure has been constitutionalized.
- The 21st Amendment, in turn, constitutionalized this legal regime and restored the pre-18th Amendment constitutional balance.