Additionally, the 1799 constitution barred a "minister of any religious society" from holding the office.

If the Constitution had not barred him from running again, polls suggest he might well be preparing for a third term.

As to the second claim, the majority held that the Constitution specifically barred any attempt to impair the obligations of contract.

The court also ruled in March that the Constitution barred capital punishment for those who committed crimes before the age of 18.

One is whether the Constitution also bars criminal defendants, not just prosecutors, from exercising peremptory challenges on the basis of race.

The constitution barred Mr. Calderon from seeking a second term.

The Constitution of 1963 barred a South Korean president from seeking a third consecutive term.

The Constitution expressly barred test oaths because of injustices such as these, Black said.

Last June, the court ruled by a vote of 6 to 3 that the Constitution barred capital punishment for offenders who are mentally retarded.

The constitution explicitly bars changes to some of its clauses, including the term limit, and the move precipitated a Constitutional Crisis.