Definition of "constitutionalization" []

• The act or process of establishing a constitution over a state or organization. (noun)
• The act of amending a current constitution to include a legal doctrine or principle of law. (noun)

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• "There was no talk of taking God out of the Pledge of Allegiance, for example, and Winifred Sullivan of the University of Buffalo Law School even referred to the "de-constitutionalization" of church/state issues."
• "Kleiman has to say, but I note that the point of the constitutionalization of criminal procedure over the past 60 years has been to ensure that punishments do not follow violations swiftly and predictably."
• "He reiterated that constitutionalization of discrimination is, “for multiple reasons” a bad idea, and noted that a constitution should protect, rather than abridge, rights."