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- noun Plural form of
framer .
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In that section, I argue that one of the worst legacies of the framers is a rigid, fixed-term presidency that can be escaped only if a president is indeed sufficiently criminal to meet whatever the "high crimes and misdemeanors" clause of the Impeachment Clause means.
Balkinization 2006
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Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) questioned Tuesday whether Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers has a firm commitment to what he called the framers original intent of the Constitution, saying that President Bushs knowledge of her heart didnt end the need for tough questioning, Roll Call reported on their website Tuesday afternoon
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Conservative Kansas Senator To Lead The Fight Against Miers 2005
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Robert Bork seeks what he calls the framers '' 'original intent.' '
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And of course, the framers were aware that people occasionally die in office.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Why Recalls of U.S. Senators Are Unconstitutional 2010
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“Indeed, Ronald Reagan named the framers or the founding fathers more than his nine predecessors combined.”
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Only if the framers were a part of the "vast right-wing conspiracy."
Senate Leadership Working To Get Hillary Past Wingnut Effort To Block Sec State Appointment 2009
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What a far cry from the focus and concern of the framers are the words of 10 U. S.C.A 2301 et seq. describing the process of military procurement.
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Until Yoo, I don't think anyone had ever seriously supposed that the framers were aiming to reinstitute monarchy.
Balkinization 2006
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Now this morning's event is exactly what that group of farseeing people we now call the framers had in mind when they wrote the requirements for a periodic census into the very first article of the Constitution, in 1783.
CNN Transcript - Special Event: Commerce Department Releases 2000 Census Figures - December 28, 2000 2000
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The "framers" were all paranoid regarding having "a well-regulated militia" in our midst without a counterbalancing armed citizenry in-place should insurrection become necessary.
Our Supreme Moment 2008
chained_bear commented on the word framers
The group of people who framed the U.S. Constitution.
August 28, 2008