People tend to forget that a big part of the governor's job description is performing ceremonial or constitutional functions.

The Governor performs important constitutional, ceremonial and community functions, including:

And now the courts are about to perform something like American constitutional functions.

In these conditions, how can Congress and the public perform their constitutional function of holding the government accountable?

Beyond constitutional functions, the governor-general has an important ceremonial role.

Rather, it is considered to be sovereign in regard to its particular set of constitutional functions.

"Obviously, that would not serve the constitutional function of the jury, which is to have a cross section of the community."

If that is true, he said, "then the Speaker carried out his constitutional functions and ought to be commended."

But many of his backbenchers are getting over-excited (which is their constitutional function).

Can the Presidency so diminished perform its vital constitutional function?