constitutionalized
Embedded in law
Constitutionalized means made part of or protected by a constitution.
A right becomes constitutionalized when it's enshrined in constitutional law rather than left to ordinary legislation: The court effectively constitutionalized abortion rights.
The term often appears in legal and political discourse about whether certain protections should have constitutional status: Some argue that privacy was never meant to be constitutionalized.
Formally approved, made official
- codifiedMade into systematic rules
- enshrinedMade permanently sacred
- formalizedMade officially systematic
- entrenchedFirmly established, resistant to change
embedded · established · sanctioned · validated · adopted · promulgated · enacted · incorporated
Philosophy governing legal systems
- codificationOrganizing rules into system
- precedentPrior authoritative example
- originalismInterpreting by founding-era meaning
- textualismInterpreting law literally
Divided governmental authority system
- bicameralismLegislature with two houses
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- legislatureLawmaking governmental branch
sovereignty · jurisdiction · decentralization · autonomy · parliamentary · republic · cabinet · gubernatorial
Formal approval by authority
- revisionAltering to improve
- modificationAct of altering something
- reformImprove by correcting faults
- alterationAct of modifying
redraft · rewrite · supermajority · convention · framers · repeal · supersede · threshold
Incapable of being surrendered
- protectionGuarding against harm
- guaranteeFormal promise of fulfillment
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- enumeratedListed systematically
ratified
Formally approved, made official
- codifiedMade into systematic rules
- enshrinedMade permanently sacred
- formalizedMade officially systematic
entrenched · embedded · established · sanctioned · validated · adopted · promulgated · enacted · incorporated · legitimized
jurisprudence
Philosophy governing legal systems
- codificationOrganizing rules into system
- precedentPrior authoritative example
- originalismInterpreting by founding-era meaning
textualism · interpretation · constitutionality · adjudication
federalism
Divided governmental authority system
- bicameralismLegislature with two houses
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
- executiveSenior organizational leader
legislature · sovereignty · jurisdiction · decentralization · autonomy · parliamentary · republic · cabinet · gubernatorial
ratification
Formal approval by authority
- revisionAltering to improve
- modificationAct of altering something
- reformImprove by correcting faults
alteration · redraft · rewrite · supermajority · convention · framers · repeal · supersede · threshold · procedural
inalienable
Incapable of being surrendered
- protectionGuarding against harm
- guaranteeFormal promise of fulfillment
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
constitutionalizedstatutory
Established by enacted law
legislated · regulatory · administrative · repealed · abrogated
constitutionalizeduncodified
Not systematically recorded
unformalized · informal · customary · unwritten · de facto
constitutionalizedstatutory
Established by enacted law
legislated · decriminalized · deregulated · repealed · abolished
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