After all, he noted for over 200 years it's been a given that the Supreme Court is the final interpreter of the Constitution.

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But it is unclear what influence, if any, the delegates will really have over shaping the final version of the constitution, most of which had been negotiated before they made it to Kabul.

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Furthermore, Sweden's euro rejection comes at a time of heated argument over the proposed EU constitution, a final draft of which is supposed to be ready this year.

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They can see that the future of the European Union is up for grabs: its expansion is coinciding with final negotiations on a new constitution, the appointment of a new commission and the decision on whether to open entry negotiations with Turkey.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The Iraqi draft constitution has passed, according to final results released Tuesday by Iraqi election officials.

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It's true that the Illinois Supreme Court is the final authority when it comes to interpreting the state constitution.

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Salih Mutlak(ph), whose comments you mentioned earlier, actually had been one of the Sunnis that had participated in trying to draft this constitution, although he wasn't happy with the final result.

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Equally, it is a little specious to rely upon the fact that the constitution is reserved in order to build a case for a final UK-led referendum.

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So it is with the citizens' initiative, an idea adopted in the final days of a grandiose convention drawing up what was then called an EU constitution (becoming the Lisbon treaty after many misadventures).

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