loose constructionist

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• loose constructionist — noun : an advocate of loose construction (as of a statute or constitution); specifically : one favoring a liberal construction of the Constitution of the United States to give broader powers to the federal government compare elastic 4a; strict… …   Useful english dictionary

• constructionist — 1844, in reference to the U.S. Constitution, from CONSTRUCTION (Cf. construction) + IST (Cf. ist). Usually with strict or loose …   Etymology dictionary

• constructionist — shənə̇st noun ( s) : one who construes an instrument (as the United States Constitution) in a specific way the Soviet Union, abandoning its usual strict constructionist position, urged a broad interpretation of what constitutes “states directly… …   Useful english dictionary

• strict constructionist — noun : one who favors giving a narrow conservative construction of a given document or instrument; specifically : one who favors a strict construction of the Constitution of the United States compare loose constructionist …   Useful english dictionary

• James Madison — For other people named James Madison, see James Madison (disambiguation). James Madison …   Wikipedia

• John M. Vining — Infobox Officeholder honorific prefix = name = John M. Vining honorific suffix = imagesize = small office = U. S. Senator from Delaware term start = March 4 1793 term end = January 19 1798 predecessor = Richard Bassett successor = Joshua Clayton… …   Wikipedia

• con|struc|tion|ist — «kuhn STRUHK shuh nihst», noun. 1. a person who gives a certain interpretation to laws, a constitution, or other document: »a strict or loose constructionist. 2. = constructivist. (Cf. ↑constructivist) …   Useful english dictionary

• The United States of America —     The United States of America     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The United States of America     BOUNDARIES AND AREA     On the east the boundary is formed by the St. Croix River and an arbitrary line to the St. John, and on the north by the… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …   Universalium

• drawing — /draw ing/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that draws. 2. a graphic representation by lines of an object or idea, as with a pencil; a delineation of form without reference to color. 3. a sketch, plan, or design, esp. one made with pen, pencil …   Universalium

• William Howard Taft: Limited Presidential Power — ▪ Primary Source              Theodore Roosevelt, in his Autobiography (1913), discussed the presidential office in terms of what he called Buchanan Presidents and Lincoln Presidents. The former category included those whose strict constitutional …   Universalium