Constitution, The

noun

1. an American 44-gun frigate, famous for its exploits in the War of 1812 and popularly called “Old Ironsides.”

Example Sentences

Under the new constitution, the Independent Alliance of MPs - made up of Corbyn, Ayoub Khan and Shockat Adam - will oversee the selection of candidates for next year's local election, alongside a members' oversight committee made up of randomly selected members.

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"No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our constitution," the lawmakers say in the video.

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Under the California Constitution, the Legislature could not simply pass its own law reversing the voter-approved use of commissions for the state’s congressional districts.

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I never could have imagined I would be the attorney general of California, working with my incredible colleagues, a total of 23 Democratic attorneys general, fighting to defend the bedrock principles of our nation, our Constitution, the separation of powers, checks and balances, congressional authority, state sovereignty, rights, and freedoms, or that I’d be fighting to protect those things against the federal government, a federal government that would be weaponizing the government to try to undermine all those things.

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Under Japan’s largely pacifist constitution, the nation would be permitted to mobilize its defense forces to defend Japan with military force if it faced such a severe threat.

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