Senators are elected by “grand electors”, who are mostly other local elected representatives. The electoral system for parliamentary elections involves two rounds.A candidate can be chosen on the first round by obtaining an absolute majority of votes cast. The seco...
The 18th Amendment is repealed. Presidential terms are each four years, and a person may only be elected to the office twice; a person serving the end of another president's term is still eligible for two full terms. Citizens of the District of Columbia may vote in presidential elections....
A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State; they shall be in addition to those appointed by the ...
Mihalek says she strongly opposes Diamond's amendment because it "politicizes" statewide judges, making them beholden to litigants from their region, just like state representatives and senators. "I answer to the residents of the 40th District. It shouldn't be like that for our judges on the ...
Paterson was instrumental in securing ratification of the final document in New Jersey and was elected one of the state’s first two U.S. senators. He resigned his seat in 1790 and served as governor of New Jersey until 1793, when he was named an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme ...
U.S. senators debate possible constitutional amendment on marriage
Sengezo Tshabangu has emerged as a key figure in aligning the opposition faction with Mnangagwa's agenda. Tshabangu and 32 CCC MPs and senators attended a recent gathering at Mnangagwa's Precabe Farm in Sherwood, Kwekwe, where they reportedly pledged support for the constitutional amendment. ...
Drilon on bid to shorten senators' term: It's a 'shame' to even talk about it But a major roadblock to constitutional amendment is the means preferred by the Duterte administration -- a Constitutional Assembly (Con-Ass). President revives call for Charter change The new constitution that was...
Yet their effect on the constitutionality of the federal government’s successive proposals for reforming the Senate, which aim at making most or all senators elected rather than appointed at the Prime Minister’s discretion as they are now, has not received much attention. Constitutional conventions...
Thompson said in his closing statement that he found it disrespectful to assume a “small group of senators and one president could install tyranny with power grabs.” “(It) represents contemptuousness for the right elected officials to execute their duties,” Thompson said. Read th...