He vetoed a number of programs that he thought interfered with rights given to the states by the Constitution.

VOA: special.2010.01.28

So the controversy is how do you do that." He says the current debate has deep roots in the Constitution.

VOA: special.2011.07.15

In exchange for this, Sherman said the president would recognize state governments in the south which promised to support the Constitution.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

One of the demands of the Muslim Brotherhood is to change the constitution to involve parliament in appointing prime ministers.

VOA: special.2011.02.05

Yet the passage of these three amendments to the Constitution was still a historic step in making blacks full and equal citizens.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

The First Amendment of the Constitution supports religious freedom and places religion outside the reach of the government.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

It must agree to an amendment to the constitution that would return political balance to North and South.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

They said they wished to live in peace under the Constitution and the laws of the United States.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

He said: I think the Constitution gives the commander in chief special powers under the laws of war.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

They said the Constitution did not give the president the power to violate the property rights of citizens.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

She won a four-year college scholarship, the top prize nationally in a public speaking contest on the Constitution.

VOA: special.2010.04.24

It would violate the Constitution and the ideas contained in the Declaration of Independence: the idea that all men are created equal...

VOA: special.2010.07.22

Some delegates,however, knew that Congress would not approve statehood for Kansas unless the people voted on the constitution.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

It was his personal opinion. But he did not believe that the Constitution gave him the power to free all the slaves.

VOA: special.2009.10.08