CONSTITUTIONALIZE Definition & Meaning

constitutionalize

[ kon-sti-too-shuh-nl-ahyz, -tyoo- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

constitutionalized, constitutionalizing.

to incorporate in a constitution; make constitutional.
to provide a constitution for.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of constitutionalize¹

First recorded in 1825–35; constitutional + -ize

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The struggle to constitutionalize equal rights was one of the most important for the Black community after the Civil War.

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“We have an extremist Supreme Court on the 2nd Amendment and I think they are looking to constitutionalize all sorts of laws that touch on guns,” Feldman says.

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But once you have nationalized and constitutionalized an issue, it is not so easy to adapt your position or your arguments.

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There is a separate "law of abortion," as Roe's author, Justice Harry A. Blackmun, put it, that distorts or ignores ordinary legal rules so to preserve constitutionalized abortion.

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There is a separate “law of abortion,” as Roe’s author, Justice Harry A. Blackmun, put it, that distorts or ignores ordinary legal rules so to preserve constitutionalized abortion.

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