#Amendment

Kyle Cheney

kyledcheney

NEW: PELOSI and Rep. RASKIN plan to introduce legislation tomorrow to establish a commission under the 25th Amendment charged with evaluating the president's mental/physical capacity. RASKIN has already filed very

Skoobz

Skoobz1

So I'm spending most of my day looking at the Colorado ballot. Page one is all elected officials (and judicial retentions). Pages two and three are then all propositions and

VoteNoOn76

VoteNoOn76

What is Amendment 76? (A thread)76 is an amendment to the Colorado constitution proposing to change the language from “EVERY citizen” of the US who has attained the age of

Bandy X Lee, MD, MDiv

BandyXLee1

If a president were having a heart attack, would we say, “Wait for the 25th Amendment to give him medicine.” No! We are mandated to treat all emergencies, and we

Laurence Tribe

tribelaw

In Knight First Amendment Institute v. Trump, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held in 2019 that the president cannot use a private platform like Twitter “for all manner of

David Schleicher

ProfSchleich

This @jodyavirgan and @pastpunditry podcast on the 17th amendment with @jbouie is quite good, but misses the most interesting thing about the 17th amendment, that it was justified in part

Elie Honig

eliehonig

Truly hope none of this comes to pass, but here's the legal and Constitutional machinery that could activate if necessary. Thread: 1) Under the 25th Amendment, the President can voluntary

Jeff Coltin

JCColtin

Bernie Sanders is suspending his campaign, which means New York likely will not hold a Democratic presidential primary this year. The GOP primary won't be held either, with Trump the

Lee J. Carter

carterforva

The 1st Amendment protects the right to assembly, but only on paper while police can unilaterally declare protests against them to be illegal and enforce that declaration with violence. The

Aubrey Bear

NotReallyABear2

Some democrats just heard about the 10th Amendment for the very first time and it shows. Hi Heath. You might want to reread that *First* Amendment, which *clearly* delegates freedom

Dr. Tim Zijlstra

tzijlstra

When you have unmarked police vandalising stocks of water and milk, brought there to sustain a peaceful protest, you know you've lost the narrative and the moral basis of your

Nine-mare on Elm Street 🎃

eneyeene

If you’re voting in Louisiana, here’s your guide to the amendments we’ll be voting on Amendment 1: would prevent convicted felons from running for office until five years after their

James McEnaney

MrMcEnaney

Scottish Parliament's COVID-19 committee now discussing Freedom of Information. @JennyGilruth says transitional arrangements are needed for timescales - but the original changes not only took immediate effect, they were also

Andrew Kitchenman

kitchenman

The Alaska House has returned to its debate over proposed budget amendments after a lunch break. Amendment 40, from Eastman, would say it's the Legislature's intent that state worker union

evelyn douek

evelyndouek

"The platforms have offered no positive conception of what political speech should be or do there."As always, read Casey. But it's worth noting: defining the *purpose* of free speech &

A Worried Citizen

ThePubliusUSA

Tragically, 73 million Americans are brainwashed. How do we fix this problem? Propaganda is the key issue. The First Amendment, however, poses a huge obstacle to regulation. A Constitutional Amendment