1.   The constitution says an ill or incompetent president can no longer serve, but does not say who should make that determination.

2.   The president has the power to make treaties but the constitution says only, only if those treaties are approved by two thirds of the senate.

3.   But the constitution also says that the president is obliged to disband the Duma if it rejects his candidate for prime minister three times.

4.   Currently, the constitution says the lieutenant governor must serve out the remaining term of the elected governor in the event the office becomes vacant.

5.   Instead, they noted that the state constitution says the government cannot take property under its power of eminent domain without providing fair compensation.

6.   Little by little over the years, Australia has already been weaning itself from the mother country, no matter what its constitution says.

7.   The constitution says that after hearing the opinion of the presidents of the two branches of parliament, the president can dissolve parliament.

8.   The constitution also says that President Nelson Mandela can fix the date only after Parliament has adjourned, probably at the end of March.

9.   The constitution further says the state has no responsibility in that process, he said.

10.   The New York constitution says that Appellate Division judges must be appointed by the governor from the trial bench.