If so, it is time for those sworn to uphold our Constitution - law enforcement agencies, the courts and the executive and legislative branches - to monitor such activities and, where appropriate, take corrective action.
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First, under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, federal law trumped state law.
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It is not isolationist to insist that the president follow the Constitution and the law.
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Under the United States Constitution, federal law is the supreme law of the land.
Under the U.S. Constitution, Federal law, including Federal tax law, is the supreme law of the land.
This authority supersedes common readings of the Constitution, the law and the customs of governance in America.
Military jurisdiction over tribunals comes from the Constitution and international law.
In 2006, Professor Waller did a study of both the Mexican Constitution and its law in regards to its immigration policy, La Ley General de Poblacion.
The Constitution puts immigration law in the hands of Congress, which can loosen and tighten the standards at will, with one exception: Children born here are citizens.
But the Supreme Court's unanimous decision, read out by Chief Justice Willy Mutunga, said the election was "conducted in compliance with the constitution and the law" and that Kenyatta and Ruto were legally elected.
Foreign law cannot be used as a holding or a precedent or to bind or to influence the outcome of a legal decision interpreting the Constitution or American law that doesn't direct you to that law.
These cases involve a complex web of federal laws and legal principles, including the patent system established under the Constitution, antitrust law, and the Hatch-Waxman Act, a 1984 law that was intended to give generic manufacturers an incentive to challenge patents.
When Mr Zelaya insisted the consultation go ahead, Congress voted to remove him for what it called "repeated violations of the constitution and the law", and the Supreme Court said it had ordered the president to be removed from office to protect law and order.
And, a basic fundamental of interpretation of law (and all other law of the United States must ultimately arise from the Constitution) is that a law says what it says and does not say what it does not say.
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The Scaf said it was confident "all state institutions" would respect the law and constitution.
Hungary's presidency was marred by criticism of Fidesz's new media law and constitution.
In March 2012, Ennahda confirmed that it would not seek to amend Article 1 of the 1959 Constitution to make Islamic law the main source of legislation.
Lawmakers' salaries were not affected by the forced spending cuts that took effect on March 1, because the Constitution requires a new law to be passed in order to alter congressional compensation.
Meanwhile, in Egypt - a country that long was Christian before it was conquered by Muslims and still has a sizeable minority known as Coptic Christians - has just adopted a constitution based on shariah law.
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So you would think it would appreciate significant gift offers, such as the recent offer by a former state Supreme Court justice and the John William Pope Foundation to establish a Center for the North Carolina Constitution at the NCCU Law School.
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The ICC, unlike US courts, is not bound by US law or our constitution.
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The Constitution enshrines within the supreme law of the land key liberties: civil, economic, and social.
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This has led to a legal quagmire, with electoral law, the constitution and parliamentary standing orders contradicting each other.
The hard-line Islamist political parties that backed putting Islamic law into the constitution and championed local Shariah laws are slipping in popularity, too.
On the broader question, the legal authorities that exist to use lethal force are bound by and constrained by the law and the Constitution.
Whether the lethal force in question is a drone strike or a gun shot, the law and the Constitution apply in the same way.
The UK Government says the plebiscite plans breach the law as the constitution is reserved to Westminster - and thus anything attendant upon the constitution.
When a motion seeking to enshrine Islamic law in the constitution came before Indonesia's parliament last year, even most of the religious parties voted against it.
Supreme Court candidates obviously must be intelligent and well-qualified, but they also should have a demonstrated record of commitment to the law and the Constitution as written.
"The court pays more attention now to the text" of the law and the Constitution, he said, and less to legislative history, congressional floor debates and the views of foreign governments.
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