constitutionalize
verb
con·sti·tu·tion·al·ize
ˌkän(t)-stə-ˈtü-shnə-ˌlīz 
-shə-nə-ˌlīz,
-ˈtyü-
constitutionalized; constitutionalizing
: to provide with a constitution : organize along constitutional principles
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Eleanor Roosevelt became First Lady, Ginsburg bore witness to, argued for, and helped to constitutionalize the most hard-fought and least-appreciated revolution in modern American history: the emancipation of women.
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Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2020
The initial draft included a proposal to also constitutionalize the right to contraception.
—Constant Méheut, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2022
All of these have been one-offs, rather than part of efforts to constitutionalize political revolutions.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2022
Another problem for the North Carolina lawmakers—and for the Supreme Court justices who are ready to constitutionalize the ISL theory—is how North Carolina’s election laws are currently written.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 4 Aug. 2022
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Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2020
The initial draft included a proposal to also constitutionalize the right to contraception.
—Constant Méheut, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2022
All of these have been one-offs, rather than part of efforts to constitutionalize political revolutions.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2022
Another problem for the North Carolina lawmakers—and for the Supreme Court justices who are ready to constitutionalize the ISL theory—is how North Carolina’s election laws are currently written.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 4 Aug. 2022
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“Constitutionalize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/constitutionalize. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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