According to the 1977 constitution of the Republic of Afghanistan ( 1973 – 78 ), all Afghans are equal in rights and obligations before the law.

According to Article 91 of the constitution, the CDN is " the consultative body of the president of the republic in matters related to national sovereignty and the defense of the democratic state.

According to Article 89 of the constitution, the Council of the Republic has authority to make declarations of federal intervention, a state of emergency, and a state of siege ( all security-related issues ).

According to results released in January 2006, the constitution was approved by 84 % of voters.

According to the constitution, the President of the National Assembly was to assume the Presidency of the Republic in the event of a vacancy, and a new presidential election was to be held within 60 days.

According to the constitution, direct elections must be held for the parliament every 4 years.

According to the constitution, executive power is exercised by the government while legislative power is vested in the ministerial cabinet, the Senate and the National Assembly, although in reality these two latter bodies have very little power or legislative role.

According to Hippocrates, melancholia was caused by an excess of black bile, hence the name, which means ' black bile ', from Ancient Greek μέλας ( melas ), " dark, black ", + χολή ( kholé ), " bile "; a person whose constitution tended to have a preponderance of black bile had a melancholic disposition.

According to the constitution, North Korea is a Democratic Republic and the Supreme People's Assembly and provincial People's Assemblies are elected by direct universal suffrage and secret ballot.

According to the constitution, the King's declaration of a state of emergency must be approved by a two-thirds majority of the lower house of the Parliament.

According to professor A. V. Dicey in An Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution, the essential features of a federal constitution are: a ) A written supreme constitution in order to prevent disputes between the jurisdictions of the Federal and State authorities ; b ) A distribution of power between the Federal and State governments and c ) A Supreme Court vested with the power to interpret the Constitution and enforce the law of the land remaining independent of both the executive and legislative branches.

According to the constitution, it is incumbent upon the King: to sanction and promulgate laws ; to summon and dissolve the Cortes Generales ( the Parliament ) and to call elections ; to call a referendum under the circumstances provided in the constitution ; to propose a candidate for prime minister, and to appoint or remove him from office, as well as other ministers ; to issue the decrees agreed upon by the Council of Ministers ; to confer civil and military positions, and to award honors and distinctions ; to be informed of the affairs of the State, presiding over the meetings of the Council of Ministers whenever opportune ; to exercise supreme command of the Spanish Armed Forces, to exercise the right to grant pardons, in accordance to the law ; and to exercise the High Patronage of the Royal Academies.

According to the new 2005 constitution, the bicameral National Legislature is the official Sudanese parliament, and is divided between two chambers ; the National Assembly, a lower house with 450 seats, and the Council of States, an upper house with 50 seats.

According to article 11 of the constitution of Iceland the president is not accountable and cannot be prosecuted without parliament's consent.

According to the constitution, the three major independent authorities holding the balance of power are executive, legislative, and judicial.

According to the uncodified constitution of the United Kingdom, the monarch has the following powers:

According to the constitution of 1809, only " native Swedish men " could be appointed to higher civil servant positions, including professorships.

According to the Ukrainian constitution, Ukrainian is the only official state language.

According to its constitution, the Universal House of Justice itself states that " The provenance, the authority, the duties, the sphere of action of the Universal House of Justice all derive from the revealed Word of Bahá ' u ' lláh which, together with the interpretations and expositions of ` Abdu ' l-Bahá and of Shoghi Effendi ... constitute the binding terms of reference of the Universal House of Justice and are its bedrock foundation.

According to Maistre, only governments founded upon a Christian constitution, implicit in the customs and institutions of all European societies but especially in Catholic European monarchies, could avoid the disorder and bloodshed that followed the implementation of rationalist political programs, as in the French Revolution.

According to the constitution of Cyprus Nicosia Municipality was divided into a Greek and Turkish sector with two Mayors: a representative of the Greek community which was the majority, and a second one representing the Turkish community.

According to Frankfurt Document No 1, the constitution should specify a central Power of German government, but nevertheless respect the administration of the Länder and it should contain provisions and guarantees of individual freedom and individual rights of the German people in respect to their government.

According to Dedham's Charter, the " administration of all the fiscal, prudential, and municipal affairs of the town, with the government thereof, shall be vested in a legislative branch, to consist of a representative town meeting.

According to the Board of Governors, the Federal Reserve is independent within government in that " its monetary policy decisions do not have to be approved by the President or anyone else in the executive or legislative branches of government.

According to current Swazi law and custom, the monarch holds supreme executive, legislative, and judicial powers.

According to the framework of the Will and Testament of ` Abdu ' l-Bahá, it was not possible to appoint a successor, and the legislative body " possessing the exclusive right to legislate on matters not explicitly revealed " was not yet established in the world.

According to Jay Bybee, those in favor of popular elections for senators felt that there were primarily two issues caused by the original provisions: legislative corruption and electoral deadlocks.

According to the Statute of the Orthodox Church in America, the All-American Council is the " highest legislative and administrative authority within the Church.

According to Livy, they sent an embassy to Greece to study the legislative system of Athens, known as the Solonian Constitution, but also to find out about the legislation of other Greek cities.

According to the legislative history of the 1989 amendment to the POW Medal statute, internees were intended beneficiaries of the POW Medal so long as they were treated comparably to POWs during periods of armed conflict.

According to the constitution adopted in 2010, the post of Prime Minister is abolished ; executive authority belongs to the President who has also a degree of legislative powers, as he can govern by decree.

According to Archibald Cox: " The opinions of Judge Hand have had significant influence both in breaking down the restrictions imposed by the dry literalism of conservative tradition and in showing how to use with sympathetic understanding the information afforded by the legislative and administrative processes.

According to the Colorado state archives, " He became the only man in the state ever to have occupied the highest seat in the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of government.

According to official results, President René and his Seychelles People's Progressive Front party won presidential and legislative elections in 2001 and 2002 respectively, with about 54 % of the vote in both cases.

According to Autocar magazine, the S2 addressed some of the concerns over handling, but power was reduced to and the 0 – 60 acceleration time increased to 7. 5 seconds, due to the legislative requirement to fit a catalytic converter in all markets.

According to Congressional Quarterly, " The conference chairman manages the private meetings to elect floor leaders, handles distribution of committee assignments and helps set legislative priorities.

According to Congressional Quarterly, " Created in 1947, the Policy Committee is in effect a legislative think tank.

According to the conservative Heritage Foundation, Lowey consistently votes in support of the policies of the Democratic party, and is seen as a strong and effective progressive voice in that legislative body.

" According to the Supreme Court, there is a difference between the credit owed to laws ( i. e. legislative measures and common law ) as compared to the credit owed to judgments.

According to Erick J. Haynie, " it is highly questionable whether jurors should be instructed to ' make ' the law when a legislative body has already done the job for them.

" According to one U. S. government publication, however, the Tax Court is part of the legislative branch of the United States government.

According to the present-day constitution, the Parliament comprises the following two legislative houses or chambers: