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Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro promised that the people will have a final say whether to reject or greenlight a new constitution, which a special body called the National Constituent Assembly has been tasked with drafting. “I shall propose it explicitly: the new constitution will go to a consultative referendum, so it is the people who […]
Published time: 22 May, 2017 06:38 Edited time: 22 May, 2017 06:40 Hundreds of people, mostly students, took to the streets of Tokyo to protest Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo’s intention to amend Japan’s pacifist constitution, local media reported. Earlier in May, Abe announced plans to revise Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, which forbids the […]
Thomson Reuters BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Turkey will close the door on joining the European Union if it adopts constitutional changes backed at a referendum last week, a leading member of the EU parliament responsible for dealings with Ankara said on Wednesday. Kati Piri’s comments come a day after President Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters Turkey will […]
Max Whittaker/Getty Images Hey, Texplainer: Why does Texas criminal law still ban “homosexual conduct”? Technically, the state’s ban on “homosexual conduct” is not enforceablebecause of a 2003 U.S. Supreme Court ruling. But a state statute banning sex between people of the same gender remains on the books. In 1973, Texas made homosexual conduct a […]
Ethan Miller/Getty Images Sen. Elizabeth Warren ripped President Donald Trump in a series of tweets Wednesday night after a Hawaii judge put a restraining order on Trump’s revised travel ban. The ruling was the second time Trump’s travel ban was blocked by a federal judge, dealing a blow to one of the president’s biggest campaign […]
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders slammed President Donald Trump on Twitter, saying his recent tweeting attacks on the courts and the media show that he “clearly does not understand what our Constitution is about.” READ MORE: Trump to sign ‘brand new’ immigration executive order, not appeal to SCOTUS The former Democratic presidential candidate and progressive Congressman responded […]
Screenshot via Twitter The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) issued a warning to Jeff Sessions, shortly after he was confirmed as attorney general on Wednesday night. “Jeff Sessions confirmed as attorney general. If he violates the Constitution, we’ll sue,” the organization said in a tweet. The ACLU is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that defends individual […]
