The US Constitution is a legal constitution as it uses the judiciary to check the power of the executive. Political constitutions use the legislative to check executive power as is seen with most Westminster-style parliaments.
To create shared powers between the government and the states. This way depending on the economy or main resource, the states can set requirements such as; early driving licence so young people in a...
because other countries call their base of government the constitution and the answer to other contries constitutions is because that is what they decided to name it.
No, a state constitution cannot override the United States Constitution. For example, if a certain state decided that they would outlaw guns completely, the federal courts would overrule that based...