depends. are you referring to in relation of federal government to states or federal government within itself? Between states, the constitution lays out a "federal system" where states are given certain powers that the federal government does not have and vice versa. For example, the federal government has the power to wage and conduct wars, while the individual states do not. Within federal government itself, there is a separation of powers between the three branches; legislative (Congress), the executive (President), and the judiciary (Supreme and federal court system). The Constitution allocates certain and sometimes, but not always explicit, powers to each of the branches. For example, the judiciary is widely viewed as having the power to conduct judicial review, though does not have the power to enforce its decisions (such as issuing a writ of mandamus). Another example is that the President cannot make treaties officially with other countries as that is a responsibility of the Senate chamber of Congress.
The framers of the U.S. Constitution advocated that the power of government would be limited. They ensured this by providing:
the power of the government is defined by the
It tried to prevent the accumulation of power into a single arm of the government by creating three arms each with specific but limited power.
No a constitution form a frame work within which a government can wield power.
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the Constitution of the united states of America
The framers of the U.S. Constitution advocated that the power of government would be limited. They ensured this by providing:
The delegates of the Constitutional Convention added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution as a compromise between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists to ensure ratification. This limited the power of the federal government and solidified power for the states.
through the system of checks and balances
the power of the government is defined by the
The level of government with the most power in the constitution is the Federal Government, followed by the state and then local government.
Is one which concentrates government power in one central authority, with limited power delegated to the society or districts as the case may be.
It tried to prevent the accumulation of power into a single arm of the government by creating three arms each with specific but limited power.
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How does the constitution have the power to tax
YES. The People's Republic of China has a constitution upon which the various organs of the government are based. While it is a Leninist Communist Single-Party State, this does not prevent it from having a constitution. It just happens that this constitution is one that vests all power in the government (as opposed to vesting some in the people and other powers in the government).A link to the official English translation of the current Chinese Constitution is here: Constitution of the People's Republic of China
The Checks and Balances system set up in the US constitution.