The Radical was more than a pessimist--he was a strict constructionistof the act of 1842.
Even a liberal constructionist might have hesitated as to its constitutionality.
Madison was a leader in the first Congress, he was through life a strict constructionist of the extent of the powers given by the Constitution.
The extreme strict constructionistclaimed that the fact that the Constitution did not forbid a State from seceding, made secession constitutional.
Ordinarily these things are expected from a mountain constructionist and elicit no comment from headquarters, but the matter at the Spider was one that could hardly pass unnoticed.
Tyler, formerly a strict constructionist member of the Jackson party, was nominated to catch votes, in spite of his perfectly well known opposition to the whole Whig theory of government.
Over thirty years before, he had in Congress been a strict constructionist and an anti-federalist.
He was a strict constructionist and a rigid believer in the checks and balances of the Constitution.
On the other hand, although he was aware of constitutional limitation upon the functions of the executive, he was not so continually hampered by the strict constructionist view of the powers of the federal government as Cleveland had been.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "constructionist" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
