#CONSTITUTION

Paul Taske

Paul_Taske

[Thread] The Equal Rights Amendment is proposed as a necessary addition to the #Constitution. While the ERA would explicitly prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, it risks undermining the

Brianne Gorod

BrianneGorod

There's been a lot of discussion and debate about "originalism" lately. Here are a few thoughts. 1/x Most importantly, the problem with originalism as conservatives too often practice it is

Shri

sedboihourz

This M A D A R C H O D rants about constitution of India, about democracy, about secularism, but is still supporting Jamatis, and mentioned her location as Allahbad

Jeff McFadden

homemadeguitars

Originalism, a lesson.If you actually read the Constitution (almost never done) you'd find that it isn't a set of laws to pass and not pass. It isn't a guarantee of

Jonathan Ladd

jonmladd

Under pre-clearance, the Justice Dept approved every change in election procedures to make sure they weren't discriminatory. After Shelby County, with lots of new last minute shenanigans leading to emergency

Norman Ornstein

NormOrnstein

A thought exercise for constitutional scholars: the logic of Kavanaugh et al is that the Constitution gives state legislatures supreme authority to choose electors; that state courts cannot check the

Ned Richardson-Little

HistoryNed

Happy 70th birthday Grundgesetz! It’s often called the German Constitution, but the Basic Law was not actually meant to serve as a full constitution for the newly created Federal German

Ntate Les

nzane_les

I saw tweets here and facebook posts on the King.Let me give a snippet on our system.Lesotho in 1993 was declared a constitutional monarchy.The King and Queen can only do

Joe Biden

JoeBiden

I am not running for office to be King of America. I respect the Constitution. I’ve read the Constitution. I’ve sworn an oath to it many times. I respect the

Mr Grrr

Kitchy715

A thread--We, as constitutionalists, need to speak louder than both the pro life and pro abortion people. THIS is the argument for which we've been waiting. To be clear, the

Guy-Uriel Charles

ProfGuyCharles

I want to make one point about the Supreme Court's decision in the Wisconsin case that I'm surprised has not been made. The Supreme Court & the federal courts more

JRehling

JRehling

The Electoral College isn't going to be eliminated. It only takes 13 states to block an amendment and there are more than 13 states that benefit from the Electoral College.However,

l E T 17

Inevitable_ET

The Constitution is constructed so that the Executive (Trump) has the highest authority in a time of emergency or war. The Executive is elevated ABOVE the Congress and Courts when

࿗ Rāma Jāmadagnya ࿗

rAma_jAmadagnya

The task of the Drafting Committee, which BRA was the Chairman of, was primarily a "secretarial one" to check if the new draft incorporated and tallied with the decisions of

Kurt Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

Technically, although it is beyond human decency, GOP has the constitutional authority to nominate a new SCOTUS pick even before RGB's funeral, and confirm quickly. BUT this shows not just

Darren O'Donovan

DarrenODonovan

Admin law asks narrow questions: did parliament clearly intend to give a power to limit rights? Did the Minister have a logical (not the best) basis for the decision? Such