1.   The proposed constitution gives him much wider powers than his predecessor.

2.   At the time the constitution gave the House power to impeach presidents and the Senate power to convict or acquit.

3.   But the constitution also gives Congress broad powers to regulate interstate commerce.

4.   For example, the proposed new constitution would give the regions authority over health and education, but says such authority must be exercised in line with national policy.

5.   If the Duma had failed to approve Stepashin, the constitution gave Yeltsin the right to keep naming him, or appoint someone more radical.

6.   In July, the Florida Supreme Court ruled in the case of an AIDS patient that the state constitution does not give citizens the right to an assisted suicide.

7.   That constitution gives the president broad powers at the expense of the legislature.

8.   The constitution gives an incumbent president immunity from prosecution for any crime other than treason, regardless of when the crime was committed.

9.   The constitution gives the governor enormous sway over spending.

10.   The constitution gives the federal government authority over criminal law, he argued.