France’s leadership will use a Napoleon-era press to seal the right to abortion into the country’s constitution in a historic ceremony designed to show support to women across the world on International Women’s Day. France is the first country to explicitly guarantee abortion rights in the national charter. While abortion is a deeply divisive issue […]
When the Supreme Court ruled on March 4, 2024, that former President Donald Trump could appear on state presidential ballots for the 2024 election, it did not address an idea that seemed simple and compelling when Justice Brett Kavanaugh raised it during the Feb. 8, 2024, oral arguments in the case: In essence, he was […]
Asked if she thought Donald Trump would follow the US constitution if he is elected for a second term as president, Nikki Haley said: “I don’t know.” “I don’t know. I don’t – I don’t know,” the former South Carolina governor, Trump’s last opponent for the Republican presidential nomination, told NBC’s Meet the Press in […]
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Friday that she doesn’t know whether Donald Trump would follow the Constitution if elected president again. “I don’t know. I mean, you always want to think someone will, but I don’t know,” Haley said. Citing Trump’s remarks over the course of his campaign […]
France’s upper house of parliament, the Senate, has voted overwhelmingly to enshrine women’s right to abortion in the constitution. The proposal, approved earlier by the lower house, the National Assembly, was backed by 267 votes to 50 on Wednesday. Abortion has been legal in France since 1974 but pressure has grown to further cement it […]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Thursday voted to make it harder to change the Missouri Constitution amid a campaign to restore abortion rights through a voter-backed constitutional amendment. Currently, Missouri constitutional changes are enacted if approved by a majority of votes statewide. State senators voted 22-9 along party lines to also require […]
Many Americans believe the United States was founded as a Christian nation, and the idea is energizing some conservative and Republican activists. But the concept means different things to different people, and historians say that while the issue is complex, the founding documents prioritize religious freedom and do not create a Christian nation. Does the […]
The National Archives rotunda and galleries in Washington, D.C., closed to the public early on Wednesday afternoon after two apparent climate change protesters dumped red powder on the case holding the U.S. Constitution. The encasement protected the Constitution from any damage, the National Archives said in a press release. The agency’s conservators are evaluating the […]
(Reuters) – Two climate-change activists were due to appear in court on Thursday after they were arrested for throwing pink powder on glass cases displaying the U.S. Constitution at the National Archives Museum in Washington, the U.S. attorney’s office said. The revered founding document, written on four sheets of parchment in 1787, was protected by […]
Hawaii’s highest court ruled Wednesday that Second Amendment rights as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court do not extend to Hawaii citizens, citing the “spirit of Aloha.” In the ruling, which was penned by Hawaii Supreme Court Justice Todd Eddins, the court determined that states “retain the authority to require” individuals to hold proper permits […]
Two and a half hours of oral arguments in the Supreme Court left no doubt as to the result: Donald Trump can run for president of the United States. Sometimes it is hard to predict the outcome in a case based on the oral argument, but none of the conservative justices left any doubt that […]
The government’s revised draft law on mobilization contains provisions that violate Ukraine’s Constitution, chief Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said on social media Feb. 6. Ukraine’s leadership hopes to update the legal framework around conscription in order to ramp up mobilization in 2024. The government submitted a new draft of the mobilization law to parliament on Jan. […]