constitutional mandate

Examples (10)

• The new government claimed a constitutional mandate to implement its reforms.
• The court ruled that the law exceeded the legislature's constitutional mandate.
• The president's actions were seen as an overreach, lacking a clear constitutional mandate.
• Proponents argued that the proposed amendment was within the scope of the constitutional mandate.
• The referendum was intended to provide a strong constitutional mandate for change.
• Without a specific constitutional mandate, the agency could not proceed with the new policy.
• The debate centered on whether the existing constitution provided a constitutional mandate for such a measure.
• The committee was established under a constitutional mandate to review governmental powers.
• The activists sought to interpret the constitution as granting a constitutional mandate for environmental protection.
• The ruling party felt it had a constitutional mandate to redefine the relationship between the branches of government.