Tag: Constitution
Buchrezension: „Reading the Constitution“ von Stephen Breyer
Stephen Breyer meint es gut. Warum ist sein neues Buch „Reading the Constitution“ so ärgerlich?
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The Supreme Court Just Rejected the Constitution to Help Donald Trump
The court’s ruling that states can’t remove Trump from the ballot flies in the face of the 14th Amendment’s crystal-clear language.
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts before the State of the Union address in the House chamber on February 4, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
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Article 14, Section 3 of the US Constitution is blunt and direct. It declares, “No person shall be a Senator or Representative
Donald Trump Makes a Mockery of the Constitution
February 15, 2024
His determination to put the 14th Amendment in the trash can of history should draw the most concern.
Former president Donald Trump speaks during a visit to a Team Trump Volunteer Leadership Training, at the Grimes Community Complex in Grimes, Iowa, on Thursday, June 1, 2023.
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Ohio Voters Reject Ballot Measure to Raise Threshold Needed to Amend Constitution
Special-interest groups committed millions of dollars to defeat the measure, to ensure that it would remain easier to push their agenda via ballot amendment.
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Ohio ballot initiative to make it more difficult to amend state constitution fails
An Ohio ballot initiative to make it harder to amend the state constitution, a change conservatives said was needed to protect the state from a radical liberal agenda, has failed to pass in a lopsided vote.
Voters overwhelmingly rejected State Issue 1 by a large margin on Tuesday, meaning the threshold for future ballot measures to pass will remain at 50% rather than the 60% the initiative would have required had it passed.
The race was called by the Associated
Progressives Poised to Remake Ohio Government if Measure Raising Threshold to Amend Constitution Fails
Voters go to the polls Tuesday to decide whether the threshold will remain at 50 percent.
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Ohio Voters’ Chance to Save Their State Constitution from Special Interests
Voting ‘yes’ to raise the threshold to amend Ohio’s constitution would improve our political process and put Ohio in line with other states.
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The Biggest Threat to Donald Trump Could Be the Constitution Itself
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August 4, 2023
Whether he is convicted or not, legal scholars and historians argue that Trump’s insurrectionist actions meet the disqualification standard outlined in the 14th Amendment.
Donald Trump boards his plane at Reagan National Airport following an arraignment in a Washington, D.C., federal court on August 3, 2023.
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Donald Trump, the first former president ever charged with a criminal offense, currently faces 78 felony counts from three separate indictments. And
Austrian leader backs far-right idea of enshrining cash in constitution – EURACTIV.com
Austria’s conservative Chancellor Karl Nehammer wants the right to use cash enshrined in the constitution, he told Austrian media in remarks published on Friday (4 August), an idea the far-right Freedom Party has been pushing for years.
Most opinion polls show the anti-immigration Freedom Party (FPO) in first place with a clear lead over the opposition Social Democrats and Nehammer’s conservatives, who are in a two-party coalition with the left-wing Greens. The current parliament runs until autumn of next year.
Right to use cash should be in constitution – POLITICO
Being able to continue using cash for payments rather than cards or digital currencies should be enshrined in the Austrian constitution, Chancellor Karl Nehammer said.
“More and more people are worried that cash could be restricted as a means of payment in Austria,” he said, insisting that people have a “right to cash”.
Austria has lagged begind other European countries on digital payments, with people clinging to coins and bills, particularly for smaller, everyday items.
“In Austria alone, €47 billion