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Banning political donations may sound like a good idea, but Peter Malinauskas’ plan raises political and legal risks.
New Brunswick’s proposed Compassion Intervention Act could motivate the Supreme Court of Canada to impose restrictions on the notwithstanding clause.
While both Congress and the president have extensive powers, they cannot easily change the law to protect abortions.
Leo Varadkar has been criticised for expecting the public to vote in favour of adding vague language to the constitution.
In a case that will make legal and political history, the US Supreme Court will consider whether Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for his alleged effort to undermine the 2020 election.
34 groups filed briefs with the Supreme Court in favor of keeping Donald Trump on the ballot, 30 favored disqualifying him as an insurrectionist, and 14 simply added legal information to the record.
US law has long held that those who support rebels and insurrectionists are just as guilty of treason as those who support foreign enemies.
The first shoe has dropped in the Supreme Court’s process of considering whether Donald Trump is eligible to be president.
The question of whether local declarations offering sanctuary for LGBTQIA+ people place local law above federal law depends on what the statements actually promise.
Saskatchewan’s provincial government must work with Indigenous nations on a shared vision for the future that is more likely to withstand the tests of time and litigation.
The founders of the United States viewed impeachment as a way to remind the country and president that he is not above the law and to deter abuses of power.
Trump has trial dates set for three of his four criminal cases. But generally, state and federal prosecutors will coordinate to make sure that their dates don’t overlap.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ RICO charges against Trump are targeting election law violations, but by another name. The charges can result in a minimum five years in prison.
The second world war showed that dignity had to be enshrined in law. Defining it in order to do so is no easy task.
Women’s rights groups and politicians have pushed, ultimately unsuccessfully, for the Equal Rights Amendment to become part of the Constitution for the past several decades.
Free speech is under attack from both sides of the political spectrum.
The arrest of a former American president is unprecedented, but the nation’s founders anticipated the day would come.
Here’s what the question says, what’s new and what happens next.
The current draft wording is the model most consistent with Australia’s current and historical constitutional practice.
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Professor Emerita in Constitutional Law, University of Sydney
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Professor, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney
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Dean of Economics, Politics & History, The University of Austin
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Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Law and Public Policy, University of Oxford
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Senior Research Associate, Andrew & Renata Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law, UNSW Law School, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor of Law, Rutgers University - Newark
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Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
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Associate Law Professor, University of New Brunswick
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Professor, Law Faculty, Monash University
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Director, Tas Law Reform Institue / Associate Professor, University of Tasmania, University of Tasmania
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Charles Sturt University
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Senior Lecturer, Law School, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law, and Public Procurement, Bangor University
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Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
