each branch's power. Consequently, the power to interpret the Constitution is a very potent one.
The importance of the Court in interpreting the Constitution is underlined by the fact that the powers of each branch are not completely spelled out in the Constitution. Instead, the text of the Constitution names the general area of powers assigned to each branch. The branch in question may then exercise powers which are related to the spelled out power. These ancillary powers have been called implied, inherent, incidental, inferred, and aggregate powers. They have been said to be created by custom and acquiescence, and exist in the penumbras, interstices, emanations, and glosses of enumerated powers. All of this means that the powers exercised by the branches are not always clear in their origins. It is the duty of the Court to determine whether a particular power can be interpreted as arising out of a Constitutional grant, or whether the
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