Justice Taney said Congress did not have the constitutional power to pass such a law.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

And only Congress had the constitutional power to declare war.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

The military then handed power to Mr.Rajoelina. A leading authority on constitutional law, Antananarivo University President Jean-Eric Rakotoarisoa, blames the former president for Madagascar's situation.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

"You might take this as a general principle, that if you have revolutionary transformations, it's extremely difficult to go back to legal,legitimized, constitutional transfers of power that revolutionary settlements, in fact,are quite dangerous as a precedent.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01