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a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Georgia and a Master's degree in Public Administration with a focus on constitutional law from Georgetown University. He launched constitutionUS.com as its editor, striving to make complex constitutional topics accessible to the public....
There are seven articles and a preamble; 27 amendments have been adopted (see the table entitled Text of the Constitution of the United States). The wording of the Constitution is general, necessitating interpretation, and any short summary is only rough and approximate. From its very beginnings...
Whether a particular place should have an airport or not, is a matter exclusively within the domain of the executive. The High Court exercising writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India does not normally interfere in such matters. H...
All citizens 20 years of age or older are eligible to vote. For a candidate to be elected to either chamber, he must receive sufficient votes—not necessarily a majority—to place among the top three to five, depending on the size of the district. Under the constitution, the Diet has ...
Every national committee creates a council to act as an executive organ with general competence; various commissions to act as initiating, monitoring, and executive bodies; and a committee of people’s control. Province, district, and city national committees create departments for the different ...
The supervisory function of the procurator-general was implemented by his subordinates, the procurators and government inspectors. After the death of Peter I (1725) the office of procurator-general lost its importance. However, it temporarily regained its status between 1740 and 1741. With the esta...
Article 12 of the Constitution of China states that “Socialist public property is sacrosanct.” It is also emphasized that "the state protects socialist public property. Any organizations or individuals are prohibited from appropriating or destroying state or collective property by any means." ...
Money Bill is introduced in Article 110 of the Indian Constitution. Money Bill as per the Indian Constitution is a financial bill but not all financial bills are money bill. Read to know the difference between money bill and the financial bill for IAS Ex
"On Monday, Stevens dissented in the case of the Alaska teenager who was suspended for displaying a 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus' banner at a school event. While a majority of the court said the Constitution does not protect pro-drug student speech, Stevens took the historic view. ...