They have done so even in instances where the perjurer complained that the government exceeded its constitutional powers in making the inquiry.
"Using my constitutional powers, I introduce a state of emergency in the provinces of Cajamarca, Celendin, Hualgayoc and Contumaza, " President Humala said.
It is with the idea of stripping the monarchy of all its remaining constitutional powers that the Demos authors lose touch with logic.
The states claim the individual mandate exceeds its constitutional powers, and that the entire law must be stricken if the court strikes down the mandate.
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It should assert its constitutional powers.
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Under the Constitutional separation of powers, relief for the plaintiffs must come from Congress and not from the Judiciary.
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He argued that under a system based on constitutional separation of powers, the person who promulgates a law should not be allowed to interpret it as well.
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House Speaker John Boehner said it was "a victory for accountability in government", while Utah Senator Orrin Hatch said it would "go a long way toward restoring the constitutional separation of powers".
Even though President Obama is obviously no champion of constitutional separation of powers edicts, particularly as they relate to government executive and legislative branches, he may encounter some problems with this congressional circumvention strategy.
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The Bernstein analyst thinks that if this bill were made law, it might face a constitutional challenge because the powers it grants are too broad.
Also, having a large, geographically wide republic and constitutional limits on the powers of government, complete with two branches of legislature, was supposed to prevent a tyranny of the majority from ever appearing.
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He plans to float ideas to give the upper house a greater role as a constitutional watchdog, more powers to scrutinise European legislation, and a greater ability to question secondary legislation, the detailed changes to the law that currently go through Parliament on the nod.
Many protesters want a full constitutional monarchy, with more powers transferred from the king.
CDU-led coalition might push through a constitutional amendment to disentangle the powers of federal and state governments.
But if the monarchy is to be retained, it must surely retain its reserve powers and its constitutional role.
In fact, he practically accused Scalia of working to undermine constitutional democracy by advancing the powers of the administrative state.
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In October an accord was struck on nuclear power, and eight parties accepted a constitutional reform to transfer more powers from federal to regional level.
That idea dismays some of the urban professional politicians but others might support it as part of a wider constitutional reform to limit the powers of the prime minister.
And although Lord Wakeham has a reputation as a fixer rather than a radical, his first consultation paper, published last week, surprised some constitution-watchers by posing more searching questions than expected such as whether there is a case, not broached in the white paper, for giving the upper house extra powers as a constitutional watchdog.
What is in dispute is whether Section 5, which departs from the normal constitutional balance of federal and state powers, continues to be an "appropriate" means of protecting minority voting rights under the 15th Amendment.
Under a constitutional reform agreed last year, some powers are to be transferred from the presidency to a prime minister nominated by parliament.
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It comprises the means, both constitutional and institutional, by which the powers of the government and its officials and agents are limited and by which they are held accountable under the law.
But it delves into the some of the deepest issues of constitutional theory, namely the separation of powers and when Congress can suck matters out of so-called Article III courts and have them decided somewhere else.
Having lost that battle, Mr Kuchma then said he would only accept changes to the electoral laws, along lines set out by Mr Yushchenko, if the opposition leader in turn agreed to constitutional reforms that would water down the powers of the president.
There may be a time in which there was a serious question as to whether or not the War Powers resolution -- act was constitutional.
She insisted the Scottish Parliament-endorsed constitutional commission should not just look at more powers for the Scottish Parliament but which ones should move in the opposite direction, such as counter terrorism and contingency planning.
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To prevent their abuse, Hamilton explained why the Framers believed direct taxes required explicit constitutional constraints, in addition to the general restraining nature of a constitutional arrangement of limiting government solely to delegated powers.
Bahrain's four main opposition groups have grown louder in demanding constitutional reforms to curb the ruling Sunni family's powers.
"I think this is a very important decision about the separation of powers, " said Carl Tobias, a constitutional law professor at Virginia's University of Richmond.
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who is currently conducting his own "National Conversation" on Scotland's constitutional future, dismissed the report as a "constitutional mouse" at a time when he said the powers to build a "lion economy" were needed.
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