They choose to say it; the Constitution does not compel it.

"We believe strongly that the Constitution compels the Federal Government to reimburse the state," said Ward Tisdale, a spokesman for the Texas Attorney General's office.

"Whether New York City can establish an ideal arraignment system is not the issue before us, however," he said, "for the Constitution does not compel it to do so."

The letter insists that "The Constitution compels you to obtain authority from Congress before taking military action against Yugoslavia."

We make them because they are right, right in the sense that the law and the Constitution, as we see them, compel the result.

In contrast to its ruling in the Minnesota case, in the Ohio decision the Court did not rule on whether the Constitution compels the availability of a "judicial bypass" when notice to only one parent is required.

The Court did not rule on whether the Constitution compels the availability of a judicial bypass when notice to only one parent is required.

I agree, of course, that the Constitution compels Mississippi to remove all discriminatory barriers to its state-funded universities.

I agree that the Constitution does not compel Mississippi to remedy funding disparities between its historically black institutions (H.B.I.'s) and historically white institutions (H.W.I.'s).

Because our Constitution compels it.