constitution

USA's majority of voters shouldn't simply determine the presidency. In my less than humble opinion, the number of members representing each individual state within the United States' House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Electoral College were among the first constitutional convention's...

Eliminating the filibuster in the U.S. Senate to permit legislation to pass by a simple majority is sometimes called “the nuclear option.” That is insufficient. If you’re really interested in ending the tyranny of the minority, go for the thermonuclear option. The plan assumes a Democratic...

Has anyone here ever read it? i am ashamed to say that i don't think i have. however, i have a copy and am reading it currently. For this thread, i'd like to invite members here to do likewise, then we can discuss nuances later. thank you!

Lincoln is often considered one of the greatest American Presidents because he kept the union together. But technically, he might have ignored the Constitution in doing so. Pro-secession advocates will be quick to point this out- you see it a lot in some circles like the C4L, Ron Paul's group...

In short, screw religion. :giggle: I was expecting a sharia system that applied only to practicing Muslims similar to what the UK has, not a total rejection of religion (they're Islamists after all). Not totally surprised though, they're social-democrats, not al Qaeda.

Okay, if you were given the chance to write your own constitution to be applied to some hypothetical generic nation, what wold it look like (and I mean the actual document, not talking points, lets see some effort)? I'm just interested in seeing how people's ideologies look like without having...

A ruling by the US 9th Circus Court of Appeals has declared that police may now track, survey and otherwise investigate anyone within their own property so long as they're outside, without a warrant. The ruling came as a result of a law suet by a man, accused of growing weed, was tracked by...

Do you have to follow your country's bill of rights or their constitution fully? I mean I'm all for constitutions. They put strong laws for the better of the people. The reason I'm asking this is because I was reading the second amendment of the US Bill of Rights - the one which gives people...