Tag: Constitutional Law
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Guinea counts votes in a referendum that could allow junta leader to run for president
Vote counting was underway in Guinea in a referendum on a draft constitution that could allow the junta leader to run for the presidency
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Afro-descendants in Bolivia fight invisibility with dance and memory
Afro-Bolivians, though recognized in their country’s 2009 constitution, remain among Bolivia’s most invisible groups
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Guinea reaches final day of referendum campaign, with opposition missing
As Guinea reaches the final days ahead of the key referendum which could open the door for the coup leader to run for president, Conakry, its capital city, is buzzing with campaign events
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Today in History: September 17, U.S. Constitution signed
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 17, the 260th day of 2025. There are 105 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 17, 1787, the Constitution of the United States was completed and signed by a majority of delegates attending the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Also on this date: In 1862, more than 3,600…
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Commentary: Three years after ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests, Iran remains in a deadlock
This week marks the third anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death in police custody — an event that ignited one of the most powerful protest movements in Iran since 1979. “ Woman, Life, Freedom” became not just a slogan but a rallying cry that cut across gender, class and ethnic lines. Three years on, Iran’s political…
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Young activists won a landmark state climate trial. Now they’re challenging Trump’s orders
Young climate activists and their attorneys who won a landmark global warming trial against the state of Montana are challenging President Donald Trump’s energy agenda
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Commentary: You look Latino. You speak Spanish. You work hard. That’s now probable cause
When I was a young UCLA constitutional law major, we learned that the Constitution wasn’t just parchment behind glass: It was a living promise, fragile and ferocious, meant to protect the people when power overreached. But on Monday morning, the Supreme Court taught me something new: that those promises, in the hands of a certain…
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Are we barreling toward a constitutional crisis? | Vince Bzdek
Two words I heard and read repeatedly in the past week: “Constitutional Crisis.” I’ve heard TV pundits say it, columnists, Congress members, even the White House press secretary, all speculating that we are near or already in the throes of a constitutional crisis. As President Donald Trump issues an unprecedented number of executive orders, a…
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Mountain States Legal Foundation files comments on ATF pistol-brace ban
A Colorado gun rights organization has filed objections to proposed changes in federal firearms regulations that would bring many currently legal handguns under the same strict regulations that apply to machine guns. In response to an executive order by President Biden, The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the Department of Justice have proposed…