institutionalist
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“That’s a fair point,” he says, but he insists he isn’t an institutionalist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
The institutionalist in him knows that, under the Constitution, the Senate’s power to confirm nominees is equal to a president’s in naming them.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2024
And yet that quintessential institutionalist, who prided himself on his ability to work with Congress, nonetheless veered in the direction of presidential unilateralism in the conduct of foreign affairs.
From Salon • Nov. 10, 2024
Say you’re John Roberts; you’re the institutionalist guy.
From Slate • May 28, 2024
The institutionalist, however, may reply that he by no means admits the validity of Sabatier's antithesis between religions of authority and the religion of the Spirit.
From Outspoken Essays by Inge, William Ralph
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