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Is Facebook bigger than the Constitution? In some ways, the social network already is, but it may not be big enough to host a constitutional convention.
Mon, 21 May 2012 07:00:36 -0700 -
Constitutional Sheriffs movement toute
With the Primary Election right around the corner on May 29, I want to put in my word in favor of the Constitutional Sheriffs movement which is springing up all around the country. Sheriff Mack of Fredericksburg, Texas, is spearheading the movement.
Tue, 22 May 2012 05:12:58 -0700 -
Ivanishvili Tells Saakashvili to Veto Constitutional Amendmen
Leader of Georgian Dream opposition coalition, Bidzina Ivanishvili, said he would not make use of ?an absurd? constitutional amendment, allowing him to vote and be elected in elections without having a Georgian citizenship, and called on President Saakashvili not to sign the amendment into law.
Tue, 22 May 2012 09:15:18 -0700 -
Ivanishvili-Related Constitutional Amendment Passed with Final Readin
Parliament passed with its third and final reading on May 22 constitutional amendment , which will allow leader of opposition coalition Georgian Dream, Bidzina Ivanishvili, to vote and be elected in October parliamentary elections, as well as in next year?s presidential election without becoming a Georgian citizen.
Tue, 22 May 2012 06:45:18 -0700 -
Constitutional Court upholds solar ta
The Czech Constitutional Court has upheld the government?s tax on solar power, introduced retroactively last year in an effort to cool the solar boom in the country. Photovoltaic firms complain the tax damages their business while foreign investors into the business are threatening to initiate international arbitrations against the country. But the court said their interests cannot be ...
Sat, 19 May 2012 08:08:56 -0700 -
New challenge to partisan gerrymanders thwarte
Acting swiftly, the Supreme Court has scuttled the latest constitutional challenge to the ?partisan gerrymander? ? drawing new legislative election boundaries to try to shape the fortunes of the two major parties at the polls.
Tue, 22 May 2012 06:30:38 -0700 -
CDM Wants 'Constitutional Amendments Against Immorality'
Following a march of gay activists in Tbilisi, which was thwarted by an Orthodox group on May 17, lawmakers from the Christian-Democratic Movement (CDM), called for constitutional amendments in order to deter, as they put it, propaganda of ?homosexuality an indecency.?
Tue, 22 May 2012 04:30:18 -0700 -
Egypt: Constitutional Declaration - a New Stage in the History of the Great Egyptian Peopl
[Egypt Online] In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful and Most Compassionate
Tue, 15 May 2012 01:27:23 -0700 -
Yanukovych forms Constitutional Assembly chaired by Kravchu
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed a decree on the Constitutional Assembly. The text of the document dated May 17 was posted on the president's Web site on May 17.
Thu, 17 May 2012 23:40:45 -0700 -
Brazil house passes slave labor amendmen
Lawmakers approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday that strengthens punishments for landowners and others who force people into slave-like working conditions, in which thousands of Brazilians are trapped.
Tue, 22 May 2012 18:51:06 -0700 -