11.   The fairness of parliamentary elections last year was questioned sharply by international observers, and a new constitution gives the president unusually sweeping powers.

12.   The Massachusetts constitution gives very broad guarantees of equal rights, said Laurence Tribe, professor of constitutional law at Harvard.

13.   The panel held that the constitution already gave the convention that authority.

14.   The Russian constitution gives Yeltsin the choice of dismissing the government or ignoring the vote.

15.   The state constitution gives each house of the Legislature the power to judge the qualifications of its members.

16.   Although the constitution gives it a supervisory role, actual power rests with the party.

17.   But it appears likely to fail, as have several previous efforts, in part because the constitution gives Yeltsin an upper hand in dealing with parliament.

18.   But Chamorro claims that the old constitution gives only the president the power to have laws published.

19.   But Chief Justice Gerard Brennan said the constitution did not give the Aborigines the right to sue for damages.

20.   But proponents of the law argue the constitution gives Congress the right to interpret existing laws, including the constitution itself.