In his works he declared that "the principle 'what is not prohibited is allowed' should be understood literally", defying the unwritten ideological rules imposed by the Communist ruling elite on the society in spite of the seemingly democratic USSR Constitution.

In the late 1980s, the constituent republics of the Soviet Union started legal moves towards or even declaration of sovereignty over their territories, citing Article 72 of the USSR Constitution, which stated that any constituent republic was free to secede.

Article 127.3 of the USSR Constitution stipulated that the President of the USSR led the Security Council, which will would develop recommendations to implement the all-union policy on national defense, state security, economic and environmental security, coping with natural disasters and other emergencies, to ensure stability and legal order in Soviet society.

On April 23 Gorbachev declared the resolution to be in contravention of the USSR Constitution, and as USSR President he ordered it suspended.

The Congress also voted at its March 13 session to amend the 1977 USSR Constitution to abolish the Communist Party's guaranteed monopoly of political power.

It declared reinstated the 1938 Constitution to underpin a provisional new "basic law", and terminated the validity of the April 20, 1978, Soviet Lithuanian Constitution and of the 1977 USSR Constitution as it had previously applied on Lithuanian territory.

Although he relinquished leadership of the MPRP, Choibalsan continued to be the predominant force in Mongolian politics and pushed through reforms of the Mongolian constitution more in line with the 1936 USSR Constitution that effectively ended the influence and power of Bhuddist church.

Its main agenda items were the new Union Treaty and amendments to the USSR Constitution, which would greatly enhance the role of the President and restructure and "federalize" the central administration.

President Mikhail Gorbachev on Jan. 10 issued a message to the Lithuanian Supreme Council stating that the deteriorating situation in Lithuania was the result of flagrant violations of the USSR Constitution and deviations from the Constitution of Soviet Lithuania.

The new law stated that citizens were guaranteed by the USSR Constitution "the right to express opinions and beliefs,[and]to seek, select, receive and disseminate information and ideas in any form".