Senator Specter and other abortion rights supporters argued that more time is needed to consider the issue's humanitarian, medical, statutory and constitutional considerations fully.

Taking that position was hardly a result of constitutional consideration.

"The Congress has not begun to consider the important constitutional and practical considerations of these bills."

The primary constitutional consideration was democratic rule.

He said providing the names would create "a number of constitutional considerations and privacy considerations that we would need to work out."

Even if constitutional, such considerations would surely have invited legal challenges from affirmative action opponents condemning them as mere proxies for race.

However, there are a number of constitutional considerations with any such statehood proposal.

The status of foreign forms of partnership other than marriage is less clear, although constitutional considerations of equality may compel their recognition.

Finally, the Department notes that under the circumstances described in this paper, there exists no appropriate judicial forum to evaluate these constitutional consideration.

Nevertheless, the Court in the Virginia pharmacy case expressly reserved judgment on how that same balance might be struck with respect to other professions, as to which different constitutional considerations might come into play.