Articles for Constitutional Amendments

Wisconsin Republicans pushing to make voter ID a constitutional requirement
3 days, 15 hours ago

Wisconsin Republicans pushing to make voter ID a constitutional requirement

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature are moving quickly to place a measure on the April ballot that would enshrine the state’s already strict voter ID requirement into the state constitution. Democrats who have long opposed voter ID also picked up seats in the Legislature in November under newly enacted maps more friendly to them and are …

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‘Amit Shah bought a big washing machine’, Kharge attacks BJP, slams PM Modi for ignoring Manipur
3 weeks, 4 days ago

‘Amit Shah bought a big washing machine’, Kharge attacks BJP, slams PM Modi for ignoring Manipur

Hindustan Times  

In a sharp criticism of the Modi-led NDA government, Rajya Sabha LoP, Mallikarjun Kharge slammed Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing him of using "a big washing machine" to clean the image of those who align with Bharatiya Janata Party. Addressing the Upper House during a discussion on the Constitution, Kharge remarked, “Amit Shah has bought a big washing machine. …

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Virginia Democrats advance efforts to protect abortion, voting rights, marriage equality
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Virginia Democrats advance efforts to protect abortion, voting rights, marriage equality

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Democrats who control both chambers of the Virginia legislature are hoping to make good on promises made on the campaign trail, including becoming the first Southern state to expand constitutional protections for abortion access. The House Privileges and Elections Committee advanced three proposed constitutional amendments Wednesday, including a measure to protect reproductive rights. Its members also discussed …

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Imran Khan's crimes enough to keep him jailed: Pakistan Defence Minister
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Imran Khan's crimes enough to keep him jailed: Pakistan Defence Minister

The Hindu  

Imran Khan's crimes alone are enough to keep him behind bars, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said, as he dismissed the former prime minister's accusation that the government was pushing to amend the constitution to keep him in prison. Responding to the allegation, Mr. Asif on Tuesday said, "Given PTI founder's long list of crimes, constitutional amendments won't be …

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What are Pakistan’s controversial constitutional amendments about?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

What are Pakistan’s controversial constitutional amendments about?

Al Jazeera  

The proposed amendments could weaken the independence of the judiciary, allege opposition parties and some experts. PTI leader Sayed Zulfi Bukhari said the delay in tabling the Constitutional Package showed that the government lacked the required votes, or else it would have “rushed through” the amendments. “They are in a hurry to pass the amendments in order to ensure that …

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Wisconsin Republicans ask voters to take away governor’s power to spend federal money
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin Republicans ask voters to take away governor’s power to spend federal money

Associated Press  

Wisconsin Republicans are asking voters to take away the governor’s power to unilaterally spend federal money, a reaction to the billions of dollars that flowed into the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes would apply to Evers and all future governors and cover any federal money to the state that comes without specific spending requirements, often in response to …

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North Carolina legislators consider vetoes, constitution changes as work session winds down
6 months, 2 weeks ago

North Carolina legislators consider vetoes, constitution changes as work session winds down

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina General Assembly raced Wednesday to advance legislation before completing its chief working session for the year — even as lawmakers know they could return later this summer to settle unfinished business. The House voted Wednesday to override Cooper’s three vetoes so far this year, with similar Senate votes expected on Thursday. A great deal …

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Wisconsin criminal justice groups argue for invalidating constitutional amendments on bail
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Wisconsin criminal justice groups argue for invalidating constitutional amendments on bail

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin criminal justice advocates argued in court Wednesday that Republican-backed cash bail constitutional amendments approved by voters last year should be invalidated over procedural flaws, a case that elections officials and the Legislature call a cynical attempt to undo election results. People can vote on them again.” Attorneys for the Legislature and state elections commission countered that …

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Why NDA needs 400 seats? Here's what BJP leaders are saying
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Why NDA needs 400 seats? Here's what BJP leaders are saying

India Today  

As the campaigning heats up for the last three phases of Lok Sabha elections, BJP leaders have intensified their pitch to win 400 seats. 'For grand temples in Kashi and Mathura' While addressing an election rally on Tuesday in Delhi's Laxmi Nagar in support of BJP candidate Harsh Malhotra, Himanta Biswa Sarma said that when the NDA will cross 400 …

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Early voting to start in Wisconsin for president and constitutional amendments
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Early voting to start in Wisconsin for president and constitutional amendments

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Early voting begins Tuesday in Wisconsin for a host of local races, two proposed constitutional amendments that could alter how future elections are run and the now anticlimactic presidential primary. Here are some things to know: PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY Wisconsin is one of a handful of closely divided battleground states that will likely determine who wins the presidential …

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Missouri Senate Republicans filibuster in hopes of making it harder for voters to amend constitution
11 months, 1 week ago

Missouri Senate Republicans filibuster in hopes of making it harder for voters to amend constitution

Associated Press  

— A faction of the Missouri Senate ended a roughly 16-hour filibuster on Tuesday that was meant to pressure their fellow Republicans into fast-tracking legislation that would make it harder for voters to amend the state constitution. The Freedom Caucus’ push comes as abortion-rights supporters are trying to get a measure on the November ballot that would guarantee the right …

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Virginia Senate Democrats postpone work on constitutional amendments and kill GOP voting bills
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Virginia Senate Democrats postpone work on constitutional amendments and kill GOP voting bills

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — A Democrat-led Virginia Senate panel on Tuesday defeated a handful of Republican- Without discussion, the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee voted to carry over the proposed amendments, which had been unveiled with great fanfare after the November elections, when Democrats held their Senate majority and flipped control of the House of Delegates. Proposed constitutional amendments must first …

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Power to the people? Only half have the right to propose and pass laws
1 year, 2 months ago

Power to the people? Only half have the right to propose and pass laws

Associated Press  

Voters in Maine will be deciding a question in November about whether independent automobile repair shops should have access to the same diagnostic technology as dealerships. About 165 million people live in 25 states with active citizen initiative or referendum provisions, which let residents bypass the legislature to amend the constitution, enact laws or repeal those passed by elected officials. …

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How a South Dakota priest inspired 125 years of direct democracy — and the fight to preserve it
1 year, 2 months ago

How a South Dakota priest inspired 125 years of direct democracy — and the fight to preserve it

Associated Press  

Thanks to a rabble-rousing, socialist priest, it’s a milestone year for direct democracy in the U.S. and not just because Ohio voters are circumventing their Republican-controlled legislature to decide for themselves if they have constitutional abortion rights. In “Citizen Lawmakers: The Ballot Initiative Revolution,” David Schmidt describes the complex U.S. origins, naming Haire as one of the country’s first two …

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Basic Structure Doctrine Is Here To Stay, It Has Been Embraced By Other Countries Too : Senior Advocate Fali S Nariman
1 year, 3 months ago

Basic Structure Doctrine Is Here To Stay, It Has Been Embraced By Other Countries Too : Senior Advocate Fali S Nariman

Live Law  

The basic structure doctrine has achieved constitutional permanence not only in India, but also in six other nations globally that have both acknowledged and embraced the principle of placing a restraint on the legislative power of constitutional amendment, renowned Indian lawyer Fali S Nariman, Senior Advocate, said on Friday. On the panel debating whether the basic structure doctrine has served …

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One Nation, One Election: Do States get a say in constitutional amendments? | Explained
1 year, 3 months ago

One Nation, One Election: Do States get a say in constitutional amendments? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Union government on September 2 set up a committee under the leadership of former President of India Ram Nath Kovind to look into the feasibility of simultaneous polls to State Assemblies and the Lok Sabha. For instance, the Constitution Act, which established the National Judicial Appointments Commission for the appointment of Supreme Court judges, was …

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Editorial: Ohio lawmakers want to subvert democracy to stop voters from protecting abortion access. Shame on them
1 year, 5 months ago

Editorial: Ohio lawmakers want to subvert democracy to stop voters from protecting abortion access. Shame on them

LA Times  

Boxes of signatures are delivered to the office of Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose on July 5. Last year, about half a dozen states across the political spectrum — blue, purple and red — voted either to secure reproductive rights through state constitutional amendments or to reject ballot measures that would have specified that state constitutions don’t protect abortion …

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"Can't win, so they cheat": GOP tries to keep abortion rights off ballot after big losses
1 year, 8 months ago

"Can't win, so they cheat": GOP tries to keep abortion rights off ballot after big losses

Salon  

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. Last year, after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal right to abortion, voters in Kansas, California, Michigan, Vermont, Kentucky, and Montana used the ballot initiative process to show their support for reproductive freedom, both by defeating GOP-backed anti-abortion measures and approving constitutional amendments aimed at preserving abortion access. As The New York …

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Explained | The basic structure of the Constitution
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained | The basic structure of the Constitution

The Hindu  

The Chief Justice of India, D. Y. Chandrachud compared the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution to the North Star, an unfailing guide which shows the way when the path appears convoluted. His observation marks the response of the Supreme Court to a recent statement made by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar that the basic structure doctrine introduced by a 13-judge Bench …

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Constitutional amendments pose test to incoming Pa. governor
1 year, 11 months ago

Constitutional amendments pose test to incoming Pa. governor

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republicans who control Pennsylvania’s Senate on Wednesday kicked off the new legislative session by pushing through a trio of proposed constitutional amendments that sparked a partisan fight and poses a challenge to the incoming Democratic governor, Josh Shapiro. The proposals, if approved by the state House of Representatives, would give voters say over expanding voter-identification requirements, curtailing …

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Strangling Tunisia’s democracy
2 years, 4 months ago

Strangling Tunisia’s democracy

The Hindu  

On August 16, the results of the referendum on the amendments to the national constitution proposed by Tunisian president Kais Saied were formally endorsed by the election commission, effectively terminating the country’s brief encounter with a democratic order. In December 2021, Mr. Saied announced a “road map” for political change — online “consultations” on constitutional reform, a committee to propose …

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SC Senate calls for amendments to restrain federal spending
2 years, 6 months ago

SC Senate calls for amendments to restrain federal spending

Associated Press  

The South Carolina Senate approved a proposal on Wednesday calling for the convention of states to pass constitutional amendments that restrain the federal government’s power — but the state House failed to act on the bill before the session ended. “The folks in Washington don’t seem to be able to control themselves and control their spending,” said Rep. Bill Taylor, …

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Group submits signatures for change in ND Constitution
2 years, 8 months ago

Group submits signatures for change in ND Constitution

Associated Press  

BISMARCK, N.D. — A group that wants to change the state constitution to require voter approval of constitutional amendments from a simple majority to 60% and limit a measure to a single subject is a step closer to bringing the matter to a public vote. Secretary of State Al Jaeger on Friday said the sponsoring committee delivered 910 petitions with …

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NC justices examine legality of voter ID, tax amendments
2 years, 10 months ago

NC justices examine legality of voter ID, tax amendments

Associated Press  

RALEIGH, N.C. — More litigation on voting, redistricting and race reached North Carolina’s Supreme Court on Monday, as justices began deciding if two constitutional amendments should be struck down because lawmakers who put them on the ballot were elected thanks to distorted district boundaries. The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a lawsuit that alleges amendments to the North …

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