Assertion: u.s.'s power | /r/CapableOf | make law
Facets:
value: for the whole country
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: on all subjects
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The Constitution also includes the "Necessary and Proper Clause", which grants Congress the power to "make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers".
text: For example, while the legislative branch (Congress) has the power to create law, the executive branch under the president can veto any legislation—an act which, in turn, can be overridden by Congress.
text: States governments have the power to make laws on all subjects that are not granted to the federal government or denied to the states in the U.S. Constitution.
text: The legislative branch of a government holds the power to make laws.
text: However a legal opinion from the Justice Department questioned the President's constitutional authority to extend sovereignty as Congress has the power to make laws concerning the territory belonging to the United States under the U.S. Constitution.
text: They retain plenary power to make laws covering anything not preempted by the U.S. Constitution, federal statutes, or treaties ratified by the U.S. Senate, and are organized as presidential systems where the governor is both head of government and head of state (even though this too is not required).
text: Basically, the central government has the power to make laws for the whole country, in contrast with local governments.
text: However a legal opinion from the Justice Department questioned the President's constitutional authority to extend sovereignty as Congress has the power to make laws concerning the territory belonging to the United States under the U.S. Constitution.
text: The Congress is vested with the power to create laws and the President and the federal agencies are charged with executing those laws.