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- noun Attributive form of
constitutional law
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Examples
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Mr. zu Guttenberg, Germany's most popular politician, faced questions from incredulous lawmakers in parliament earlier in the day over revelations first levelled last week that his constitutional-law dissertation contains many passages lifted almost verbatim from newspapers and scholarly journals.
University Pulls German Defense Minister's Doctoral Degree Patrick McGroarty 2011
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"Courts have been very cautious in terms of extending Second Amendment rights beyond what the court explicitly seemed to allow in Heller and McDonald," said Joseph Blocher , a law professor at Duke University and constitutional-law expert.
Bearing Arms in Public Is Next Legal Battlefield Ashby Jones 2011
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In Germany, the University of Bayreuth, which awarded Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg highest honors for his constitutional-law dissertation in 2007, said it was revoking his doctoral degree.
World Watch 2011
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"I think it's an important case," said Steven Schwinn, an associate professor at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago who writes on constitutional-law issues.
Court Weighs Private Inmates' Rights John R. Emshwiller 2011
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Courts likely will consider a school's motives for choosing a religious facility, according to Michael Dorf, a constitutional-law professor at Cornell University Law School.
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Pamela Karlan, a constitutional-law professor at Stanford Law School, said Ms. Kagan was reflecting current law, not necessarily giving her own view.
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German authorities will "need to consider whether those restrictions apply" in the case of the Islamic groups under investigation, said Manfred Gnjidic, a lawyer who has raised German constitutional-law challenges to defend terrorism suspects.
Germans Seek Ban on Islamic Radicals David Crawford 2010
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So, I'm just glad we have a constitutional-law professor who was able to somehow sneak into the presidency.
The Interrogators 2009
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Ever notice that every right-wing radio host without exception -- and all his callers -- are constitutional-law experts?
Bill Mann: CNN's Lou Dobbs Joins Glenn Beck's Tinfoil-Hat Brigade 2009
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As the former constitutional-law professor surely knows, that can be a tough crowd.
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