Some commentators have suggested that the difficulty of the amendment process was favoured by the constitution's American authors from a desire that the fundamentals of the regime they had imposed would be resistant to change.

Because the accord would have changed the constitution's amending formula, it needed to obtain the consent of all provincial and federal legislatures within three years.

One of the constitution's more interesting aspects was the inclusion of the Jewish tribes in the Ummah because although the Jewish tribes were " one community with the believers ," they also " have their religion and the Muslims have theirs.

Legal commentators have remarked that the McGarvie Model is broadly consistent with the constitution's existing arrangements under the monarchy and that it requires the least change to constitutional practice.

Other current Commonwealth citizens who fulfill certain requirements such as having ordinary and lawful residence for seven years ( which must have been completed before 30 Nov 1966, per the constitution's Chapter II, section 3. 2.

The constitution's preamble also boasted that the foundations of religious belief in Albania had been abolished.

The constitution's close modelling of its institutional system on the Westminster system of government, specifically with the inclusion of a parliament from whom a ministry was both chosen and to whom it was answerable, has been noted by Irish political scientists and historians, notably Professor Brian Farrell, who suggested that the leaders of the new state stuck to a system that, through Irish participation in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the new Irish political elite had close experience of, and identification with, notwithstanding their radical republican rhetoric.

Moore had been ordered to remove the controversial monument by U. S. District Judge Myron Thompson, who in a judgment in 2002 said the monument " violates the constitution's ban on government promotion of a religious doctrine ".

Tusk stated that the Hungarian constitution's democratic controversies were " exaggerated " and that Hungary had " a European level standard of democracy.

The constitution's parliamentary sections had the support of PS, the Social Democratic Party ( PSD ), and the Democratic and Social Centre ( CDS ); its socialistic content had the support of the PCP and its allies and the PS.

In all three occurrences it is doubtful whether the motives for that dissolution were in accordance with the constitution's intentions.

It is clear that the city of Nauvoo's actions against the Expositor violated the Illinois constitution's freedom-of-press provision.

* August 22: The constitution's draft is presented to the Iraqi Parliament.

1993 ) ( holding that statute limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples violates the Hawaii constitution's equal-protection clause unless the state can show that the statute is ( 1 ) justified by compelling state interests and ( 2 ) narrowly tailored, prompting a state constitutional amendment and the federal Defense of Marriage Act )

It is also alleged that he changed his official birth date from 1951 to 1950 in order to meet the new constitution's requirement that the president be at least 35 years old.

The constitution's entrenched clauses protected voting rights, including those of some Coloureds, but they lost their votes after the Government packed the Senate and Supreme Court with its sympathisers in what is known as the Coloured vote constitutional crisis.

The constitution's preamble is much longer than its counterpart in the United States Constitution.

Modern India came into existence in 1947 as a secular nation and the Indian constitution's preamble states that India is a secular state.

Most of the amendments are due to the document's highly restrictive nature – the Texas Constitution states that the State of Texas has only those powers explicitly granted to it ; there is no state equivalent of the federal constitution's Necessary and Proper Clause contained within.

As of 2012, GDS adheres to its own constitution's aims and rules, and is governed by a committee of trustees, officers and elected representatives.

The living constitution's proponents assert that Randolph's injunction to use " simple and precise language, and general propositions ," such that the Constitution could " be accommodated to times and events ," is evidence of the " genius " of the Constitutional framers.

Though partaking of the existing principle of unconstitutionality, according to which the pronouncement of unconstitutionality of the pre-constitutional rules produces effects only upon the relations and situations not yet concluded as of the date 1 January 1948, not being capable of retroacting earlier than the constitution's entry into force ; the Court affirms that the right of citizenship, since it is a permanent and inviolable status except where it is renounced on the part of the petitioner, is justifiable at any time ( even in the case of the prior death of the ascendant or parent of whomever derives the recognition ) because of the enduring nature, even after the entry into force of the constitution, of an illegitimate privation due to the discriminatory rules pronounced unconstitutional.

This Article is similar to the constitution's enumeration of rights.

Despite the constitution's provisions for democracy, in practice, until 2011, Kim Jong-il exercised absolute control over the government and the country.

A major protagonist for the Constitution of the United States, and the single greatest contributor to the Federalist Papers, advocating for the constitution's ratification through detailed examinations of its construction, philosophical and moral basis, and intent.

Schmidt used all means at his disposal to alleviate the situation, even when that meant overstepping his legal authority, including federal police and army units ( ignoring the German constitution's prohibition on using the army for " internal affairs "; a clause excluding disasters was not added until 1968 ).

The constitution's provisions on religion drew international controversy in 2006, when Afghan-born Abdul Rahman, a convert from Islam to Christianity outside Afghanistan, was threatened with the death penalty for apostasy.

Thus the constitution's preamble said that " socialism has won in our country " and so " finishing the socialist construction, we are changing over to building an advanced socialist society and gathering strength for the transition to communism.

Sevier defeated Roane for re-election two years later, and wound up serving three more terms before again reaching the state constitution's term limits.

The taxpayer contended that reimbursement given for children attending private religious schools violated the constitutional prohibition against state support of religion, and the taking of taxpayers ' money to do so violated the constitution's Due Process Clause.

The constitution's bill of rights provides for due process including the right to a fair, public trial within a reasonable time of being charged and the right to appeal to a higher court.

Although relatively few of these provisions are exceptional, some of the constitution's features are noteworthy ; including its ideological content, its provision for the role of the military, and its dual presidential-parliamentary system.

Giles v. Harris, 189 U. S. 475 ( 1903 ), was an early 20th century United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld a state constitution's requirements for voter registration and qualifications.

Because law 555 of 1912 underwent revision to meet the republican constitution's requirement that the sexes be equal before the law, a determination of citizenship for a child involves an analysis of the events of both parents and possibly the ascendants of both.

However, support for the constitution was weakest among Iraq's Sunni Arab community, and some observers thought that the Sunni vote would result in the constitution's rejection.

President Taft refused to sign the resolution because of the constitution's provision allowing for recall of judges.

This very wide conception of " amendment " eased the rise of Adolf Hitler to power ; it was thus explicitly denied in the new postwar constitution, which allows amendments only by explicitly changing the constitution's text.

The Chancery Court held that the statute violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which protects citizens from state interference with freedom of speech and thought as contained in the constitution's First Amendment.

The opinion number 105 of 15 April 1983 ; given by the State Council, Section V, in a consultative session ; determined that by effect of Decision 30 of 1983 by the Constitutional Court, the individuals born to an Italian citizen mother only as far back as 1 January 1948 could be considered Italian citizens, on the premise that the effectiveness of the decision could not retroact further than the moment when the contradiction between the old law and the new constitution emerged, which was 1 January 1948, the date of the constitution's entry into effect.

He was a member of the Essex County convention of 1778 — called to protest against the proposed state constitution — and as a member of the " Essex Junto " was probably the author of The Essex Result, which helped to secure the constitution's rejection at the polls.

As a result, the Committee was effectively dissolved and replaced by an ad hoc body ( referred to as the " Leadership Council "), which was composed of approximately 6 members and which continued to negotiate the constitution's final terms until three days before the referendum date.