The People Made Me Do It: Can the People of the States Instruct and Coerce Their State Legislatures in the Article V Constitutional Amendment Process?INTRODUCTION For me, there is no place more exciting than California. Where else can you...Amar, Vikram David...
BEIJING, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- An article under the byline of Xuan Li stressed that the proposal to write Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era into China's Constitution is a common aspiration of the whole Party and Chinese people. The Communist Party of...
and the fact that the French have still managed to use their amendment process to overturn their constitutional court's decisions eleven times in the last forty years, this article concludes that the difficulty of the process cannot be the sole reason for America's failure to challenge the Supre...
In Bolivia, for example, despite Evo Morales’ significant popularity, he failed to gain the electorate’s approval for a constitutional amendment in favour of his fourth term. Despite totally controlling the government and dominating civil society for some 13 years, Morales was unable to convince ...
The constitutional negotiations are far removed from the lives of most Iraqis. When journalist Robert Fisk asked an Iraqi friend about the constitution, he replied, "Sure, it's important. But my family lives in fear of kidnapping, I'm too afraid to tell my father I work for journalists, ...
17). Furthermore, the new constitutional amendment of 1988 added provisions for private enterprises. Thus, private enterprises were first added in the official paperwork. The first set of regulations tailored to private enterprises was issued the same year. Meanwhile, the government established ...
In one sense, Article V’s difficulty has indirectly given the courts a larger role in updating constitutional norms, fueling the living constitution approach. Meanwhile, whenever there is a push for a formal amendment on a controversial issue, you often see this philosophical divide: one side ...
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a walk taken by healthy persons to strengthen their health and by ill persons undergoing a course of treatment. Constitutionals are especially indicated for patients with certain diseases of the cardiovascular system, respiratory organs, gastrointestinal tract, and liver. Constitutionals are also recommen...
the right to form political parties, and the right to strike, for example. The creation of the world socialist system, which, for the working people of capitalist countries, serves as an example of the realization of citizens’ rights, has greatly influenced the broadening of constitutional right...