Questions tagged [constitution]
A constitution is a framework for government, and serves as a set of founding principles for the entity.
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How does one know which UK cabinet minister holds any particular power to make delegated legislation?
UK Acts of Parliament frequently confer powers to enact delegated legislation on "The Secretary of State". But how does one tell which Secretary of State holds any particular delegated-...
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Can Mahua Moitra be expelled again for the same reason?
In October 2023, a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha, Mahua Moitra, was formally accused of "cash for query", i.e. taking money from someone in exchange for asking questions for them in the ...
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Do individual rights supersede the raison d'état?
The question is motivated by threads Was Nixon's "when the President does it, that means that it is not illegal" technically correct? and Who originated the idea that the purpose of ...
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Why the UK parliament doesn't just declare the UK constitutional?
Generally expected from a constitution to be a single document, describing the legal framework of the legal system, including how law can work in the country (example, machine translated).
UK, while I ...
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What government functions does the Idaho state constitution require?
The Idaho Republican Party has adopted a platform with the following clause:
We believe the state legislature should appropriate funds only for purposes and to the extent required to meet government'...
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Can campaign promises be enforced by a contract, or has it ever happened they were?
A common problem where I live, and I assume everywhere, for at least the past 4 decades (and I assume it has been a problem for centuries), is that politicians make a lot of campaign promises which ...
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What would have to happen for the recently passed "reform" bill in Taiwan to become law?
The Guardian's May 29, 2024 Taiwan passes controversial reform bill after violence and protests summarizes the current situation.
The bills were driven by the two major opposition parties, the ...
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Constitutionality of house of Congress passing separate bills and then combining them without vote on full bill
On April 20, 2024, the US House of Representatives passed a foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific, and miscellaneous other matters, which it plans to send to the Senate as one bill. ...
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Would a viable third party candidate legally have a chance in the House of Representatives?
Suppose there was an American third party candidate, who won a quarter of the popular vote, and a single large state or a handful of smaller ones: specifically with enough electoral votes so that ...
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Why President's power to grant pardon to punishment or sentence are dealt separately in drafted language of article 72 of Constitution of India?
Constitution of India
Article 72 : [Title: Power of President to grant pardons, etc., and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases]
Sub Article (1) : The President shall have the power ...
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Do some countries officially limit the number of parties that can contest elections, to a number >1?
Wikipedia says that:
The constitution of Somaliland only allows for the top three political parties to contest elections, to avoid the previous proliferation of clan-based parties in the 1960s.
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What's the basis for Niger's military to claim that the 2012 accord with the US was 'in violation of the “constitutional and democratic rules”'?
News is that Niger's military government just denounced the 2012 accord with the US that was the basis of the latter's base and operations in Niger.
“The government of Niger, taking into account the ...
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How does Massachusetts ratify proposed amendments to the constitution of the United States?
I've been trying to see the exact mechanisms Massachusetts has used to ratify or attempt to ratify proposed amendments to the U.S. constitution. The closest info I have found to that end pertains ...
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Is it possible to limit future Supreme Court justices to judges seated on the federal appellate bench without a constitutional amendment?
Some judges worried that random appointments could result in
lower-quality Supreme Court justices.
“(J)ust because someone is on the Court of Appeals does NOT mean they
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Is there another way to put an age limit to Congress members without making a constitutional amendment in the U.S.?
Forbes' political staffer Sara Dorn writes, "Instilling age- and
term-limits is also a logistically complicated process that would
likely require a constitutional amendment, which would need ...
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