Otherwise, he said, the legislative authority the Constitution conferred on Congress might as well have been "written in disappearing ink."

The state argued that "the Constitution confers no right to aid in ending one's life."

The Constitution confers actual (section 75) and potential (section 76) original jurisdiction.

But there are a few exceptional cases in which the Constitution imposes a duty or confers a power on a particular branch of a state's government.

The Constitution, he said, "does not confer rights on aliens without property or presence within the United States."

The state Constitution confers on the governor the duty to see that state laws are "faithfully executed."

The first power the Constitution confers upon the president is the veto.

The Constitution confers considerable powers on the President at the same time as the parliament has a great many vacant seats because of the election laws.

The Constitution confers law-enforcement powers upon the executive branch.

Aside from these duties, the title is largely honorific as the Constitution does not confer any additional powers on the office holder.