Because the United States Constitution sets no limits on this tripartite authority of administrative agencies, Congress enacted the APA to establish fair administrative law procedures to comply with the constitutional requirements of due process.

The 22nd Amendment to the U. S. Constitution was ratified in 1951, and it set term limits to the presidency of two terms.

The Constitution defines impeachment at the federal level and limits impeachment to " The President, Vice President, and all civil officers of the United States " who may be impeached and removed only for " treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors ".

The Resolution stated that when the national government acts beyond the scope of the Constitution, the states " have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights and liberties, appertaining to them ".

According to the 1999 Constitution of Niger, the President may call a referendum on any matter ( except for a revision of those elements of the Constitution outlined in Article 136 — including the presidential term limits ).

In a brief concurrence in the judgment of Torres v. Puerto Rico, U. S. Supreme Court Justice Brennan, argued that any implicit limits from the Insular Cases on the basic rights granted by the Constitution ( including especially the Bill of Rights ) were anachronistic in the 1970s.

The Swiss Federal Constitution limits federal influence in the formulation of domestic policy and emphasizes the roles of private enterprise and cantonal government.

The new Constitution replaces the 1988 version and among other changes limits the Governor's powers, includes a Bill of Rights, establishes independence of the judiciary and the public service and formally designates the Governor of St Helena as, concurrently, the Governor for Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.

The Constitution does not fix the size of the House of Representatives ; instead, this clause empowers Congress to determine the size of the House as part of the apportionment process, so long as the size of the House does not exceed 1 member for every 30, 000 of the country's total population and the size of the state's delegation does not exceed 1 for every 30, 000 of the state's population ( although these limits have not been approached since the Founding ).

Anti-federalists objected to the shift of power from the states to the federal government, but as adoption of the Constitution became more and more likely, they shifted their strategy to establishing a bill of rights that would put some limits on federal power.

However, the major argument for the act that carried over into the case was that the Constitution specified that Congress only needed to set time limits for copyright, the length of which was left to their discretion.

The reason for this is that Article Three of the United States Constitution limits the jurisdiction of all federal courts to " cases and controversies ".

Although the Meiji Constitution had a section devoted to the " rights and duties of subjects ", which guaranteed " liberty of speech, writing, publication, public meetings, and associations ", these rights were granted " within the limits of law ".

In declaring the law unconstitutional, the Court reiterated that " although the Twenty-first Amendment limits the effect of the Dormant Commerce Clause on a State's regulatory power over the delivery or use of intoxicating beverages within its borders, the Amendment does not license the States to ignore their obligations under other provisions of the Constitution.

Though Congress may theoretically extend the federal courts ' subject matter jurisdiction to the outer limits described in Article III of the Constitution, it has always chosen to give the courts a somewhat narrower power.

The Council's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, stated both that " since the use of the mother tongue ... frequently may be of great advantage to the people, the limits of its employment may be extended ," and that " particular law remaining in force, the use of the Latin language is to be preserved in the Latin rites ".

Each state is free to set the conditions for a valid marriage, subject to limits set by the state's own constitution and the U. S. Constitution.

Federal courts have interpreted the U. S. Constitution to place some limits on states ' ability to restrict access to marriage.

There are under the Constitution three kinds of military jurisdiction: one to be exercised both in peace and war ; another to be exercised in time of foreign war without the boundaries of the United States, or in time of rebellion and civil war within states or districts occupied by rebels treated U. S. 2, 142 as belligerents ; and a third to be exercised in time of invasion or insurrection within the limits of the United States, or during rebellion within the limits of states maintaining adhesion to the National Government, when the public danger requires its exercise.

Subject to the limits imposed by the Constitution of Ireland, it has power to pass any law it wishes, and to nominate and remove the Taoiseach ( head of government ).

The court pointed out that Ohio was not required to admit these foreign corporations to do business within Ohio, and could have limited the terms that these corporations could conduct business within Ohio, so long as any limits did not violate rights derived from the Constitution.

* Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, which clarifies judicial power over foreign nationals and limits the ability of citizens to sue states

* Treaties are formal written agreements specified by the Treaty Clause of the Constitution.

Under the Constitution, in assuming office the President must subscribe to a formal declaration, made publicly and in the presence of members of both Houses of the Oireachtas, judges of the Supreme Court and the High Court, and other " public personages ".

* In France, the Congress of France ( congrès ) denotes a formal and rarely convened joint session of both houses of Parliament to ratify an amendment to the Constitution or to listen to a speech by the President of the French Republic.

Its 1968 Constitution provided the island with formal responsibility for internal self-government, while the British Government retained responsibility for external affairs, defence, and security.

The Constitution of Norway ( formal name: the Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway ; Norwegian Bokmål: Kongeriket Norges Grunnlov ; Norwegian Nynorsk: Kongeriket Noregs Grunnlov ) was first adopted on 16 May and subsequently signed and dated on 17 May 1814 by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll.

With formal adoption ( inauguration ) of the Amendment IX to the Constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the anthem Hey, Slavs gained constitutional sanction on November 25, 1988.

It depicts a seminal moment of the French Revolution, when, on 20 June 1789, deputies of the Estates-General met at the court and vowed that they would not disband before the proclamation of a formal Constitution for France.

Banzai as a formal ritual was established in the promulgation of the Meiji Constitution in 1889 when university students shouted banzai in front of the emperor's carriage.

* Federal Executive Council ( Australia ), the formal body holding executive authority under the Australian Constitution

" No such formal annexation of Taiwan islands by the ROC National Assembly conforming with the ROC constitution ever occurred since 1946, even though Article 9 of the Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China says, " The modifications of the functions, operations, and organization of the Taiwan Provincial Government may be specified by law.

Since Austria had not finalized its decision to structure itself as a federation prior to the formal implementation of the definitive Constitution of Austria on 1 October 1920, referring to Seitz as Federal President would have been inaccurate.

Before the new Constitution came into force, full formal powers to appoint the Prime Minister and the rest of the Council of State had been the privilege of the President, who was free to diverge from parliamentary principles, although ministers appointed had to have the confidence of the Parliament.

Under the conventions of the 1982 Constitution, the President's role was largely symbolic, with formal executive power wielded by the CCP General Secretary and the Premier.

The first formal Control Yuan was elected by provincial, municipal, Mongolian, Tibetan, and Overseas Chinese representative councils and was first convened in 1948 following the enactment of the 1947 Constitution.

The formal name of this item is U-5 / 98, but it is widely known as the " Decision on the constituency of peoples " (), referring to the Court's interpretation of the significance of the phrase " constituent peoples " used in the Preamble of the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

In response to Rep. Ron Paul's resolution requesting a formal declaration of war, Hyde stated: " There are things in the Constitution that have been overtaken by events, by time.

His central contention was that the resolution violated Article One of the United States Constitution, granting the President the ability to take military action in the absence of a formal declaration of war.

* To suspend or annul decisions, directives and circulars of cabinet ministers and other Government members, decisions and directives of People's Councils and chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and cities under direct central rule that contravene the Constitution, the law, or other formal written documents of superior State organs ;

* To suspend the execution of resolutions of People's Councils of provinces and cities under direct central rule that contravene the Constitution, the law, or the formal written orders of superior State organs ; at the same time to propose to the Standing Committee of the National Assembly to annul them ;

Finally, it gives the Constitution its formal title, " Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 ," and defines the schedule for its commencement, under which the President set the date of commencement for most sections, although certain sections dealing with financial matters commenced only on January 1, 1998.

" in effect saying an authorization suffices for declaration and what some may view as a formal Congressional " Declaration of War " was not required by the Constitution.

Therefore, after only four meetings, the Constituent Assembly adopted on 16 February 1949 the Transition Law, by means of which it became the " First Knesset " The Knesset is, therefore, a Sovereign Parliament, like the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that is not bound by a formal Constitution.