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What does constitutionalism mean?

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Noun
  1. Philosophical belief in government under a written constitution.
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Conservative constitutionalism today requires taking back the original Constitution to restore the constitutional order and representative government.
The puzzle that needs to be answered is then whether the post-Cold War peace is sustained by hegemony, or by a form of constitutionalism.
In this richer sense of the term, Rex's society has not embraced constitutionalism because the rules defining his authority impose no constitutional limits.
There is simply no question that getting some form of constitutionalism and some form of democratic governance would be better for the vast majority of non-democracies.
It has no necessary connection with democratic government or constitutionalism, however.
Lincoln was a skilled orator, brilliant at fashioning American constitutionalism into a rhetorical sword that could save the Union.

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