He stated, " he Act of Congress which prohibited a citizen from holding and owning in the territory of the United States north of the line therein is not warranted by the Constitution and is therefore void.

The state legislature had passed resolutions instructing their representatives in Washington to support pro-slavery and popular sovereignty measures such as the LeCompton Constitution and the Kansas – Nebraska Act.

It was designed to put the key provisions of the Civil Rights Act into the Constitution, but it went further.

Everything thus turns upon the status and meaning of clause 2 in the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900, which provides: " The provisions of this Act referring to the Queen shall extend to Her Majesty's heirs and successors in the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.

Second, it is " merely an interpretative provision ", operating to ensure that references to " the Queen " in the Constitution are references to whoever may at the time be the incumbent of the " sovereignty of the United Kingdom " as determined with regard to Australia, following the Australia Act 1986, by Australian law.

Or, third, it incorporates the United Kingdom rules of succession into the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, which itself can now be altered only by Australia, according to the Australia Act 1986 ; in that way, the British rules of succession have been patriated to Australia and, with regard to Australia, are subject to amendment or repeal solely by Australian law.

Canada Day () is the national day of Canada, a federal statutory holiday celebrating the anniversary of the July 1, 1867, enactment of the British North America Act, 1867 ( today called the Constitution Act, 1867, in Canada ), which united three colonies into a single country called Canada within the British Empire.

Canada became a kingdom in its own right on that date, but the British Parliament kept limited rights of political control over the new country that were shed by stages over the years until the last vestiges were surrendered in 1982 when the Constitution Act patriated the Canadian constitution.

The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act created a federal system, in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the States — the evolved status of the colonies.

The composition of the Constitution of Canada is defined in subsection 52 ( 2 ) of the Constitution Act, 1982 as consisting of the Canada Act 1982 ( including the Constitution Act, 1982 ), all acts and orders referred to in the schedule ( including the Constitution Act, 1867, formerly The British North America Act, 1867 ), and any amendments to these documents.

The Constitution describes the Parliament of the Commonwealth as consisting of the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Francis Wormuth, an authority on war powers and the Constitution, describes that contention as " altogether false.

Article One of the United States Constitution describes the powers of Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government.

Article Five of the United States Constitution describes the process whereby the Constitution may be altered.

As a result, article 193 of the Constitution of Belgium describes the colours of the Belgian Nation as Red, Yellow and Black instead of the order used in the above official flag.

By contrast, the Constitution of Ireland describes the President of Ireland throughout as " he ", yet two of the most recent presidents were women ; in 1997, four of the five candidates in the election were women.

Article 1 of the State Constitution describes China as " a socialist state under the people's democratic dictatorship " meaning that the system is based on an alliance of the working classes — in communist terminology, the workers and peasants — and is led by the Communist Party, the vanguard of the working class.

The new Constitution of Bulgaria, adopted in 1991, describes the Bulgarian flag as follows:

The Constitution describes Islam as its sacred and state religion.

The new Constitution of Bulgaria, adopted in 1991, describes the Bulgarian coat of arms as follows:

Together with the Island Regulation of the Netherlands Antilles ( or ), the Constitution describes the foundation of the government of the Netherlands Antilles.

The Constitution of the State of Texas is the document that describes the structure and function of the government of the U. S. State of Texas.

Roy Moore, one of the original drafters of the bill, describes its purpose as: " The purpose of the CRA is to restrict the appellate jurisdiction of the United States Supreme Court and all lower federal courts to that jurisdiction permitted them by the Constitution of the United States.

* Chapter 7 of the Constitution of South Africa This chapter describes the municipal government structure in the country.

The Constitution of the Athenians ( in ancient Greek, Athenaion Politeia ) describes the political system of ancient Athens.

As Stewart describes it, the committee " hijacked " and remade the Constitution, altering critical agreements the Convention delegates had already made, enhancing the powers of the states at the expense of the national government, and adding several far-reaching provisions that the Convention had never discussed.

The Constitution of the State of Florida is the document that establishes and describes the duties, powers, structure and function of the government of the U. S. state of Florida, and establishes the basic law of the state.

Article Eight of the Constitution describes Education.

Article Ten of the Constitution describes Amendments to the Constitution.

Article Eleven of the Constitution describes Miscellaneous Provisions.

The 1935 Constitution that describes the operation of the Commonwealth does not have the provision of reviving the office of the President of the Council of the Government or creating any related position.

Article IX, section 3 of the 1973 Constitution describes the primary qualification of an individual to become the Prime Minister: he must be a member of the Interim Batasang Pambansa ( National Assembly ).

Constitution of the Athenians, 4th century BCThere were three political bodies where citizens gathered in numbers running into the hundreds or thousands.

The area known as the Parliamentary Triangle is formed by three of Burley Griffin's axes, stretching from Capital Hill along Commonwealth Avenue to the Civic Centre around City Hill, along Constitution Avenue to the Defence precinct on Russell Hill, and along Kings Avenue back to Capital Hill.

In 1974, following a coup sponsored by the Greek military junta of 1967-1974 and executed by the Cypriot National Guard the invasion of troops from Turkey ( citing its authority as one of the three guarantor powers established by the Constitution ), the Turkish Cypriots formally set up their own institutions with a popularly-elected separatist president and a Prime Minister, responsible to the National Assembly, exercising joint executive powers.

Dicey identified three essential elements of the British Constitution which were indicative of the rule of law:

After being for three years ( 2003 – 06 ) in the interregnum between two constitutions, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is now under the regime of the Constitution of the Third Republic.

* 1812 – The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle.

He was one of three men who refused to sign the United States Constitution because it did not then include a Bill of Rights.

By the Constitution, the Diet is the most powerful from the three branches and consists of two houses ; the House of Representatives and the House of Councillors.

He later gained three more O-levels by correspondence course, in the British Constitution, mathematics and economics.

The hierarchy of authority in Malaysia, in accordance to the Federal Constitution, has stipulated the three branches ( administrative components ) of the Malaysian government as consisting of the, Executive, Judiciary and Legislative branch.

The federal government represents the United Mexican States and is divided into three branches: executive, legislative and judicial, as established by the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, published in 1917.

The Constitution specifies that in everyday practice sovereignty is exercised by the Niue Cabinet of Ministers, comprising the premier and three other ministers.

Under the 1999 Constitution he is allowed to do once every two years, but he must call parliamentary elections with three months.

The National Constitution mandates a separation of powers in three branches.

As a republican form of government, the government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is divided into three branches: executive, legislative and judicial, as established by the Constitution of Puerto Rico.

On March 16, 2011, the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status issued a third report that reaffirned the legal position adopted by the three previous presidents over nearly a quarter century that Puerto Rico remains today " subject to the Territory Clause of the U. S. Constitution ( see Report at page 26 ), that the territory's long-term economic well-being would be enhanced by an early resolution of the political status problem ( p. 33 ) and devotes most of the report to extensive economic analysis and recommendations.

Following this, Trudeau commented in his memoirs " I always said it was thanks to three women that we were eventually able to reform our Constitution.

The first three Articles of the Constitution establish the rules and separate powers of the three branches of the federal government: a legislature, the bicameral Congress ; an executive branch led by the President ; and a federal judiciary headed by the Supreme Court.

The Constitution provides three requirements for Representatives: A Representative must be at least 25 years old, must be an inhabitant of the state in which he or she is elected, and must have been a citizen of the United States for the previous seven years.

* Constitution class ( 2245 – 2285 ) from the original Star Trek series, the animated Star Trek and the first three films and 2009's Star Trek.

The Revolution progressively becomes a civil war with multiple factions and phases, culminating with the Mexican Constitution of 1917, but combat would persist for three more years.

* March 27 – The United States Government authorizes the building of the first six United States Navy vessels ( in 1797 the first three frigates, USS United States, USS Constellation and USS Constitution go into service ), not to be confused with October 13, 1775 which is observed as the Navy's Birthday.