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pakistantoday.com.pkpolitics7 hrs ago
Supreme Court Reviews Legality of Trump Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship
President Trump signed an order in January 2025 that would deny citizenship to children of parents in the country illegally or temporarily. The order could affect 250,000 children each year.
Benzingapolitics9 days ago
Effort Underway to Remove Impeachments From Congressional Record
President Donald Trump and allies are working on a plan to expunge two prior impeachments. Constitutional experts say Congress lacks authority to take the action.
Rapplerpolitics16 days ago
Petition Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Senate Quorum of 12
A high school teacher filed a petition with the Supreme Court of the Philippines on June 5, 2026, seeking a ruling on whether the Senate's June 3 session met the constitutional quorum requirement. The petition also asks the court to affirm actions taken during that session.
Rapplerpolitics16 days ago
Philippine Senate Session With 12 Senators Declared Valid by Bar Group and Law Deans
The Integrated Bar of the Philippines and several law school deans stated that a June 3, 2026 Senate session reached a valid quorum with 12 senators present. They cited a 1949 Supreme Court ruling to support the position that two absent senators fall outside the chamber's coerciv…
slate.compolitics24 days ago
Voter roll maintenance debate centers on 15th Amendment text
The 15th Amendment bars denial of voting rights based on race. The amendment does not require that voter registration lists remain unchanged or prohibit accuracy reviews.
vox.compolitics26 days ago
Professor Ronald Den Otter to Guest-Blog on Student Free Speech in Public Schools
Reason announced that Prof. Ronald Den Otter of Cal Poly will guest-blog this week about his new book on free speech rights for junior high and high school students. The book argues for stronger protections under the Tinker substantial disruption test.
thehindu.comworld26 days ago
Federal High Court Rules Jonathan Eligible for 2027 Presidential Run
A Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed a lawsuit challenging former President Goodluck Jonathan's eligibility to contest the 2027 election. The court also imposed fines totaling N21 million on the plaintiff.
680news.compolitics28 days ago
Justice Department Creates $1.78 Billion Fund for Alleged Political Prosecutions
The U.S. Department of Justice established a compensation fund as part of a settlement ending President Trump's lawsuit against the IRS. The fund will accept claims through December 2028 and will be administered by a five-member board.
Reasonpolitics31 days ago
Supreme Court Term Limits Would Require Constitutional Amendment
Proposals to impose term limits on U.S. Supreme Court justices have drawn bipartisan interest. Any such change would require a constitutional amendment under current interpretations of Article III.
reason.comworld39 days ago
High School Students Argue Declaration of Independence Case at National Archives
The Harlan Institute held the championship round of its Fourteenth Annual Virtual Supreme Court Competition at the National Archives in Washington. Students debated whether to declare independence in front of the original Declaration of Independence document. The event was part o…
Washington Examinerpolitics39 days ago
5th Circuit Hears En Banc Arguments in Texas Lawsuit Over Constitutionality of House Proxy Voting Rule
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit on Tuesday considered whether pandemic-era proxy voting violated the Constitution's quorum clause in a case targeting the 2022 enactment of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. A federal district court had sided with Texas while a three…
citizen.co.zaworld44 days ago
Gauteng High Court to Rule on Whether Baby Boxes Violate Children's Act
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria is scheduled to decide on 7 May 2026 whether baby saving boxes are legal. The Minister of Social Development argues that parents who place infants in them are guilty of abandonment under the Children's Act. Multiple rights organisations, admitte…
washingtonpost.compolitics44 days ago
Federal Judge Rules Humanities Grant Terminations Unconstitutional
A federal judge determined that the termination of hundreds of humanities grants last year by the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency violated the Constitution. The ruling found the actions involved blatant discrimination. The decision restores the grants a…
Substrate placeholder — needs reviewpolitics45 days agoUpdated
Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Gorsuch Discuss Supreme Court Independence
Chief Justice John Roberts told judges and lawyers that Supreme Court justices are not political actors and that decisions follow the Constitution even when unpopular. Justice Neil Gorsuch separately rebuffed any suggestion of loyalty to the appointing president and said the cour…
rte.ieworld58 days ago
Kenyan Appeals Court Overturns Ruling on Abortion as Fundamental Right
A Kenyan appeals court ruled that abortion is not a fundamental constitutional right, overturning a 2022 High Court decision. The ruling stems from a 2019 case involving a 16-year-old girl and a clinician charged with abortion-related offenses. The Center for Reproductive Rights…
Washington Examinerpolitics59 days ago
Georgia Representative Introduces Bill to Reincorporate Arlington and Alexandria into DC
A Republican congressman from Georgia has proposed legislation to return Arlington County and the City of Alexandria to Washington, D.C. The bill aims to reverse an 1846 congressional action that ceded the areas to Virginia. It cites constitutional concerns and seeks to restore t…
channel4.compolitics51 days ago
Law Professors Support Trump's Executive Order on Birthright Citizenship Interpretation
A group of at least seven law professors has supported former President Donald Trump's executive order to narrow birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment. The order seeks to deny automatic citizenship to children born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants or temporary vis…
Substrate placeholder — needs reviewworld73 days ago
Historical Development of Israel's Judicial System and Lessons from American Model
Israel's legal system originated without a constitution and followed British parliamentary traditions for decades, where courts interpreted statutes without overriding political branches. In recent decades, Israel adopted elements of the American model of constitutionalized judic…