constitutionalist
Speech parts
1. constitutionalist - Noun
2. constitutionalist - Adjective
Meaning
One who advocates a constitutional form of government; a constitutionalist.
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While a defeat for Obamacare in the Court would be nice, the defeat of President Obama at the polls on November 6 is crucial. If electoral victory is achieved, Obamacare can and will be repealed - and more judges of a constitutionalist persuasion will be appointed by the next president.
After the election the seven Constitutionalist candidates, including Churchill, who were elected did not act or vote as a group.
By-Elections in British Politics, Cook and Ramsden, pp. 53–61 After the by-election Churchill continued to use the term and talked about setting up a Constitutionalist Party.
Lessig remains skeptical of government intervention but favors some regulation, calling himself "a constitutionalist."
When Churchill accepted the post of Chancellor of the Exchequer in Stanley Baldwin 's Unionist government the description 'Constitutionalist' dropped out of use.
Constitutionalist Portrait of Churchill by Ambrose McEvoy (1878–1927) In January 1924, the first Labour Government had taken office amongst fears of threats to the Constitution.