In 2002, O ' Donohue launched a court action that argued the Act of Settlement violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but the case was dismissed by the court, which found that, as the Act of Settlement is part of the Canadian constitution, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms does not have supremacy over it.

The current 1991 constitution does not have that requirement, but subsequent administrations have tended to include members of opposition parties.

While the constitution does not expressly state that these agreements are allowed, and constitutional scholars such as Laurence Tribe think they're unconstitutional, the U. S. Supreme Court has upheld their validity.

Estonia does not have a state church ; religious freedom is guaranteed by the constitution.

The constitution of Finland and its place in the judicial system are unusual in that there is no constitutional court and the supreme court does not have an explicit right to declare a law unconstitutional.

The constitution does not require that a defendant be advised of the Miranda rights as part of the arrest procedure, or once officer has probable cause to arrest, or if the defendant has become a suspect of the focus of an investigation.

Although the government gained in status under the new constitution, this does not affect the guiding role of the party over the government.

* Puerto Rico does not have the rights of a state as granted by the US constitution, because it is not a state.

Despite the importance of the office of prime minister, the constitution does not mention the office by name.

The constitution also empowers the Council of State, acting by a majority of its members, to " make such provision as to them may seem meet " for the exercise of the duties of the president in any contingency the constitution does not foresee.

In the typical case where there is a finding of nonjusticiability due to the political question doctrine, the issue presented before the Court is usually so specific that the constitution gives all power to one of the coordinate political branches, or at the opposite end of the spectrum, the issue presented is so vague that the constitution does not even consider it.

If there is an issue where the court does not have the constitution as a guide, there are no legal criteria to use.

In the United Kingdom, the exercise of personal jurisdiction does not need a statutory basis, since the United Kingdom does not have a written constitution.

In the same way, the King does not have supreme liberty in the exercise of the aforementioned functions ; all of these are framed, limited or exercised " according to the constitution and laws ", or following requests of the executive or authorizations of the legislature.

( The King is the head of state, but the constitution does not attribute to him any executive faculties ).

However, under influence from the American constitution, the Australian constitution does define the three branches of government separately, and this has been interpreted by the judiciary to induce an implicit separation of powers.

I believe it can and does apply most efficiently, from the simple circumstance that the more diversified the descendants from any one species become in structure, constitution, and habits, by so much will they be better enabled to seize on many and widely diversified places in the polity of nature, and so be enabled to increase in numbers.

The constitution provides for freedom of the press, but the government does not practice it.

The Brazilian federal constitution does not have a supremacy clause with the same effects as the one on the U. S. constitution, a fact that is of interest to the discussion on the relation between treaties and state legislation.

* Constitution of 1934 – when Getúlio Vargas came to power in 1930, he canceled the 1891 constitution and did not permit a new one until 1934.

It has been debated that, “ when declared support for the U. S .- led war on Iraq in March 2003, and when he sent Japanese forces to aid the occupation in January 2004, it was not Iraq that was in the Japanese sights so much as North Korea .” Japan ’ s unstable relations with North Korea, as well as other neighboring Asian countries has forced Japan to batter and bend Article 9 to “ permit an increasingly expansive interpretation ” of the constitution in the hopes of guaranteeing U. S. support in these relations.

While the constitution of Luxembourg formerly required the Grand Duke's signature on a new law for it to take effect, this right was stripped from him in 2008 after the monarch informed his prime minister that he could not in good conscience sign a bill to permit euthanasia in the country.

This difference was intended by Douglas to permit the Anti-treaty faction a say in the final proposed constitution before its submission to the British Government.

In 2005, the AFL – CIO constitution was changed to permit the executive council to form " Industrial Coordinating Committees " based on geography, employer, occupation or other appropriate subdivisions to coordinate the organizing and collective bargaining work of the member unions.

It had been constitutionally mandated by the new AFL – CIO constitution created by the merger of the AFL and CIO in 1955, as CIO unions felt that the AFL's commitment to industrial unionism was not strong enough to permit the department to survive without a constitutional mandate.

A ruling which has resulted in ad hoc amendments to the constitution in order to permit the state to ratify treaties that might otherwise have been contrary to the constitution.

However, he recognized that our inherited moral constitution does not currently permit us to behave in full compliance with the code of Absolute Ethics, and for this reason we need a code of ' Relative Ethics ' which takes into account the distorting factors of our present imperfections.

The Tenth Amendment was adopted in response to the ruling of the Supreme Court, in the case of Crotty v. An Taoiseach of the same year, that the constitution, as it stood, did not permit the state to ratify the Single European Act.

In 1965 the constitution was amended to permit governors to succeed themselves to serve two terms.

It does not permit you to separate till you have formed a constitution.

Germany does not take part, as their constitution does not permit the use of military forces for police services.

It has attracted much media attention for its lawsuits, such as its campaign to oppose changes to the constitution of United States that would permit abortion and Islamic law,

When McDonald altered the union's constitution to permit him to serve two more four-year terms, Abel decided to challenge McDonald in the 1965 presidential election.

The constitution provides for freedom of religion and does not permit any form of religious discrimination or intolerance by the government or individual persons.

The constitution of the union would be changed to permit the international to seize funds from locals with flush treasuries and transfer the money to locals in distress.

We shall not make a new one, nor shall we permit any human power to destroy the one .... We seek no war — we shall wage no war except in defense of the constitution and against its foes.

In December 2005, the Metal Trades Department amended its constitution and bylaws to permit CTW unions to receive solidarity charters as well.

The politics of the Falkland Islands takes place in a framework of a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary representative democratic dependency as set out by the constitution, whereby the Governor exercises the duties of head of state in the absence of the monarch and the Chief Executive acts as the head of government, with an elected Legislative Assembly to propose new laws and hold the executive to account.

The new constitution also replaced the Legislative Council with the Legislative Assembly, and better explained the role of the Governor and the Chief Executive.

The constitution act stipulates that: " Before assuming office, a person appointed to be Governor shall take the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance and the Oath or Affirmation of Office in the presence of the Chief Justice or another Judge of the Supreme Court.

The Governor General exercises basically ceremonial functions, but residual powers, under the constitution, can be used at the governor general's discretion.

The Governor-General exercises ceremonial functions, but reserve powers, under the constitution, can be used at the Governor General's discretion.

In January 1835, frustrated by the political stalemate, Michigan's acting territorial Governor Stevens T. Mason called for a constitutional convention to be held in May of that year despite Congress ' refusal to approve an enabling act authorizing such a state constitution.

In June 2009, Governor John de Jongh, Jr. rejected the resulting draft constitution, saying that the document " violates federal law, fails to defer to federal sovereignty and disregards basic civil rights ".

From 1969 to 1971, state legislators under Governor Mills Godwin rewrote the constitution, after goals such as the repeal of Jim Crow laws had been achieved.

The governing law is a constitution, interpreted by the California Supreme Court, whose members are appointed by the Governor, and ratified at the next general election.

Though Meredith was legally entitled to register, the Governor of Mississippi, Ross Barnett, tried to block him by having the Legislature pass a law that “ prohibited any person who was convicted of a state crime from admission to a state school .” The law was directed at Meredith, who had been convicted of “ false voter registration .” Since passage of its 1890 constitution, the state had voter registration rules that effectively disfranchised black voters.

Jay Morago, who served as the first Governor of the Gila River Indian Community from 1954 until 1960, and helped to draft the reservation's 1960 constitution, died on May 14, 2008.

This rule was added only in a 1999 amendment, prior to which the lieutenant governor only acted as governor, except during the time of the 1861 constitution, which said that the lieutenant governor would be " styled Governor of the State of Texas " in case of vacancy.

Stone became Governor again after winning the 1889 election and his term was extended through 1896 by the state constitution of 1890.

Amongst numerous other official and ceremonial duties, the Governor General granted Royal Assent to amendments to the constitution on three occasions: April 21, 1997, December 19, 1997, and January 8, 1998, and also issued the royal proclamation announcing the creation of the territory of Nunavut on April 1, 1999.

The Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution.

Jonathan Jennings was the first Governor to have an attempted impeachment brought against him in response to his actions as an agent of the federal government during the negotiations of the Treaty of St. Mary's in 1819, illegal under Indiana's constitution.

However, the framers of the state constitution revived it because they found it fitting to dignify the Governor with this title.

According to the state constitution, whenever the chair of the Governor is vacant, the Lieutenant Governor shall take over as acting Governor.

When the constitution was first adopted, the Governor's Council was charged with acting as Governor in the event that both the Governorship and Lieutenant Governorship were vacant.

Originally, the state constitution specified that the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin were voted upon separately, but in 1967, the constitution was amended to state that they were elected together.