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
It is a solidly conservative, respectable, and institutionalist publication that has been published, in one form or another, since 1843.
From Salon ● Dec. 5, 2023
Justice O’Connor was, above all else, maybe, an institutionalist.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2023
We must further ask the institutionalist what are his grounds for identifying the Church of God with the particular institution to which he belongs.
From Outspoken Essays by William Ralph Inge
Thomas didn’t specify whom he was referring to, leaving court watchers to wonder whether he had his own branch of government in mind, given that some other justices are often described as institutionalists or pragmatists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
There is no commitment to the principles that were laid out and in which people like you and I as institutionalists took a lot of solace.
From Slate ● Dec. 17, 2025
Because they are institutionalists, and as expected, President Biden and Kamala Harris have been emphasizing the need for civility and an orderly transfer of power.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2024
It also helped that both are self-described institutionalists: people who fundamentally believe in our government and political system and want to see them function better than they have in recent years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
But Barry was wrong in saying they weren't institutionalists; they were.
From Dangerous Ages by Dame Rose Macaulay
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