The Kingdom of Denmark has a written constitution.
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The country of India has the longest constitution in the world. It has over 118 amendments with over 444 articles.
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The amendments do what they sound like they do. They amend the constitution. When the constitution was written the founding fathers made it so changes could be made but they didn't want it an easy process to do so they created the system we have. This makes the constitution a living document because in the 200 years since it was written many things have been invented and the country is a different place than it was in 1789. The first few years after the constitution was written the men who wrote it were still alive and could be questioned why something was written the way it was written, but when Madison died he was the last living member of the constitutional convention so from that point we could only guess what was meant. This is where the amendment process comes in because we can clarify an amendment or make a new one when needed.
reserve
Limited Government
limited governement
The power to collect taxes is an expressed power of Congress. That's to say it's written in the constitution that they have the power to collect and levy taxes. If the power was not written in the constitution was granted by on laws passed, this would be an "implied power".
States and People
States and people
Judicial power is the power of a court to invalidate or legitimate an act of Congress with regards to a written constitution.
The criticism of the Texas constitution is that it did not limit the power of government enough. The constitution of the state would be re-written to limit government power in the state.
congress's power to appoint supreme court justices Powers are not written in the constitution are called "Informal powers" and are used by... for instance the President in making a cabinet. Nothing in the constitution says he can do this yet by using his "informal power" he is allowed to do so.
Expressed powers are powers written down for Congress in the Constitution.
Congress shall have the power to make all laws that are necessary
Congressional powers not expressly stated in the Constitution but suggested by the enumerated powers that are written there are called