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Should the executive have the power to pardon?
1 week, 3 days ago

Should the executive have the power to pardon?

The Hindu  

United States President Joe Biden’s recent decision to pardon his son Hunter Biden for any federal crimes he committed or may have committed between January 1, 2014, and December 1, 2024 has brought renewed focus on the expansive clemency powers granted to the President by the U.S. Constitution. Alok Prasanna Kumar: Even if an independent clemency commission were established, its …

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Donald Trump and the imperial presidency: What lies ahead?
1 month, 1 week ago

Donald Trump and the imperial presidency: What lies ahead?

Salon  

As the dust settles over Election Day, it’s worth reflecting that it’s not only the election results that have been at stake, but the future of the presidency and its powers. While the “cascade of illegality” that defined the Bush era’s war on terror was indeed somewhat addressed by Obama, it remained, Koh reminds us, “undercorrected” — including not seeking …

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Texas senators grill utility executives about massive power failure after Hurricane Beryl
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Texas senators grill utility executives about massive power failure after Hurricane Beryl

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — The top executive of Houston’s power utility told lawmakers Monday the company would lose momentum on changes after Hurricane Beryl if he resigned over the prolonged and deadly power outages that followed the storm plowing this month onto the Texas coast. “I take personal accountability for not meeting our customer’s expectations during Hurricane Beryl,” Jason Wells, CenterPoint …

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Biden seizes on Trump’s Supreme Court triumph to seek redemption after debate debacle
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden seizes on Trump’s Supreme Court triumph to seek redemption after debate debacle

CNN  

CNN — “I dissent!” President Joe Biden was offering a dramatic, direct response to an epochal Supreme Court ruling that could hand presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump a pass to unchecked power if he wins a second term. “Now the American people will have to do what the court should have been willing to do and would not: Americans will …

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Same Standard Of Selection Should Be Maintained In All States For Vocational Or Technical Teachers : Punjab & Haryana High Court
8 months, 1 week ago

Same Standard Of Selection Should Be Maintained In All States For Vocational Or Technical Teachers : Punjab & Haryana High Court

Live Law  

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has said that same standard of selection should be maintained in all states for the teachers of vocational or technical courses. Executive Power Of Union Under Article 162 With Respect To The Matters Relating To Legislative Powers Of State Is Exclusive Perusing Articles 73, 162 and 246 of the Constitution the Court said, "it …

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The Biden administration says it is using executive power to allow border wall construction in Texas
1 year, 2 months ago

The Biden administration says it is using executive power to allow border wall construction in Texas

Associated Press  

McALLEN, Texas — The Biden administration announced they waived 26 federal laws in South Texas to allow border wall construction on Wednesday, marking the administration’s first use of sweeping executive power to pave the way for building more border barriers — a tactic used often during the Trump presidency. The Department of Homeland Security posted the announcement on the U.S. …

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An ordinance, its constitutionality, and scrutiny
1 year, 6 months ago

An ordinance, its constitutionality, and scrutiny

The Hindu  

On May 19, 2023, the President of India exercised legislative power under Article 123 of the Constitution, during the period Parliament was in recess, to promulgate The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Ordinance, 2023. While interpreting Article 239AA, the Court ruled, inter alia, that these were the points: The Legislative Assembly of the NCTD has competence over entries …

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DeSantis flexes executive powers while eyeing White House
1 year, 8 months ago

DeSantis flexes executive powers while eyeing White House

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Suspending an elected Democratic prosecutor. One of his signature policies bans classroom lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade or in a manner that isn’t age appropriate, a law opponents have labeled “ Don’t Say Gay.” DeSantis did not initially push for the law but has since championed it in Florida and …

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'Can High Court Become Town Planner?" : Supreme Court Stays AP HC Direction To Develop Amaravati Capital City Within Six Months' Time
2 years ago

'Can High Court Become Town Planner?" : Supreme Court Stays AP HC Direction To Develop Amaravati Capital City Within Six Months' Time

Live Law  

In the plea pertaining to the Andhra-Pradesh Three Capitals row, the Supreme Court, on Monday, stays certain time-bound directions passed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court, including the one directing the State to construct and develop Amaravati capital city and capital region within six months time. The State is directed to construct and develop Amaravati capital city and capital region …

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Biden’s realism approach runs head-on into liberal pressure
2 years, 5 months ago

Biden’s realism approach runs head-on into liberal pressure

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — On restoring access to abortion, President Joe Biden says his hands are tied without more Democratic senators. “People all across the country are expecting us — the leaders — to do something.” Biden’s cautionary approach could be to protect himself if the White House falls short — like Democrats did in negotiating a party-line spending package centered on …

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Power To Commute Sentence Imposed Under Section 302 IPC Is With State Govt And Not Union : Supreme Court
2 years, 7 months ago

Power To Commute Sentence Imposed Under Section 302 IPC Is With State Govt And Not Union : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, while exercising power under Article 142 of the Constitution to release A.G. Perarivalan, one of the convicts in Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, restated that Governor has the power under Article 161 to remit/commute/pardon sentences imposed under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, since the executive power of the State extends to the said provision. …

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Perarivalan Case : Could Tamil Nadu Governor Refer Decision Of State Cabinet To President?Supreme Court Reserves Judgment
2 years, 7 months ago

Perarivalan Case : Could Tamil Nadu Governor Refer Decision Of State Cabinet To President?Supreme Court Reserves Judgment

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, reserved judgment in a plea filed by A.G. Perarivalan, the life convict in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, seeking release from the prison based on the recommendation made by the State Government in September 2018. Per-contra, Senior Advocate, Mr. Rakesh Dwidevi, appearing for the State of Tamil Nadu, argued that as per the proviso to …

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The Supreme Court's golden rule: Only Republican leaders hold true power
2 years, 11 months ago

The Supreme Court's golden rule: Only Republican leaders hold true power

Salon  

Oh boy, remember the summer of 2021? As legal expert Mark Joseph Stern at Slate wrote, the court's "unsigned majority opinion rests on several dubious claims" and, crucially, "is utterly untethered to the plain text of the law." But, as many folks pointed out, the conservative justices don't believe their own reasoning here, as evidenced by the fact that the …

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Rajiv Gandhi Assassination : President And Not Governor The Competent Authority To Pardon Perarivalan, Centre Tells Supreme Court
3 years, 11 months ago

Rajiv Gandhi Assassination : President And Not Governor The Competent Authority To Pardon Perarivalan, Centre Tells Supreme Court

Live Law  

"If the entire representation was given to an authority which lacks the jurisdiction to consider the representation, then the right, which is being urged on account of the inaction of the Governor which, he says, infringed his Article 21 right, cannot be recognized at all", advanced ASG K. M. Nataraj. Next, as regards Article 161, he advanced that the power …

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Opinion: The real reason Trump is failing to overturn the election
4 years ago

Opinion: The real reason Trump is failing to overturn the election

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Timothy Frye is the Marshall D. Shulman Professor in the Political Science Department at Columbia University and author of the forthcoming book “Weak Strongman: The Limits of Power in Putin’s Russia.” The views expressed in this commentary are his own. Trump’s four-year effort to subvert democracy failed in large part because he was historically unpopular and politically weak …

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The fragmentation of political power is key to institutional autonomy | Analysis
4 years, 2 months ago

The fragmentation of political power is key to institutional autonomy | Analysis

Hindustan Times  

Over the past few years, we have seen a wholesale capitulation of our institutions. Executive overreach and countervailing institutional pusillanimity is greater in the Bharatiya Janata Party ’s second term with consolidation of political power and its willingness to bypass normative thresholds to further consolidate power Democracies are premised on the separation of powers and a system of checks and …

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