constitution
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The fundamental driving factor behind the increased education spending is the state constitution, which, under current positive revenue projections, requires 40% of the state budget to go to public school districts and community colleges.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Marcos is limited by the constitution to a single six-year term.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
So is the story of the Constitutional Convention a few years later, which produced what is now the world’s oldest constitution of a complex sovereign state, amended only 27 times.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
Magyar's Tisza party won 141 of parliament's 199 seats in the April 12 polls, a comfortable two-thirds majority enabling it to change the constitution and push through key reforms.
From Barron's • May 9, 2026
After the convention, the leadership presented this declaration, plus a petition with eight thousand signatures supporting women’s suffrage, to the Ohio lawmakers revising the state’s constitution.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
Vocabulary lists containing constitution
Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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The Bill of Rights
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