Assertion: constitution | /r/HasProperty | silent
Facets:
value: about abortion
type: OTHER
value: on the issue
type: OTHER
value: absolutely
type: DEGREE
value: on the subject of education
type: OTHER
value: on the question
type: OTHER
value: about the party's functions
type: OTHER
value: about powers
type: OTHER
value: almost
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The Constitution is silent on the issue of whether or not Congress may limit the length of time that the states have to ratify constitutional amendments sent for their consideration.
text: The dominant role played by the LPRP, is scarcely mentioned, and the constitution is almost silent about the party's functions and powers.
text: Since the Constitution is silent on the issue, we have been free to develop any system we wished, and the result is the system of primary elections we now use.
text: The constitution is silent on the question of whether or not a state may unilaterally leave, or secede from, the Union.
text: The Constitution is silent when it comes to judges of courts which have been abolished.
text: Not only is the Constitution absolutely silent on the subject of education, but the U.S. Supreme Court has also refused to recognize any right to a taxpayer‐​funded education.
text: The dominant position among critics of Roe v. Wade is that the the Constitution “is silent about abortion” and “leaves it to the states”: It does not explicitly require that states adopt any particular policy toward abortion nor even implicitly point toward one.
text: I would not, then, say that the Constitution is silent about abortion or leaves the issue to the states, but neither would I say that it leaves it to the courts.