Constitutional News
Prof. David Williams, head of the Indiana University Center for Constitutional Democracy, has kindly given us his consent to publishing a presentation of the lecture he prepared specially for his visit to Ukraine. In the lecture, the American professor answers fundamental questions of the constitutionalism development in Ukraine: Why do constitutions and constitutionalism matter? Why, […]
From Oct. 4-16, at the invitation of the Center for Constitutional Design, Prof. David Williams, head of the Indiana University Center for Constitutional Democracy, will visit Ukraine. According to CCD Chairman of the Board Gennadiy Druzenko, David Williams is “one of the top constitutionalists of world reputation, a refined intellectual speaking many languages.” During his […]
A bill was submitted to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to counteract the use of “same-name candidates” during elections. In the United States, a “clone” all but get 20 years in prison. A week ago, a draft law initiated by 74 MPs, including the Speaker, was registered with the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, “On amending […]
Voices among the judiciary get stronger for overturning the “actual malice” standard set up by the Supreme Court precedent in New York Times v. Sullivan in 1964. In its morning newsletter on Aug. 18, 2021, The New York Times published a story assuming that the Supreme Court may reconsider a major case concerning freedom of […]
The State of Mississippi asks the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule its landmark decisions in which it held that the right of a woman to have an abortion was protected by the U.S. Constitution. On July 22, 2021, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed with the U.S. Supreme Court the main brief in case No. […]
If the legal conflict between the EC and Poland is to be compared with war, this war seems to be in an escalation phase. And the matter here is who will be the ultimate referee in the cases of constitutional weight. Warsaw will scrutinize the documents provided by the European Commission and is ready to […]
With a narrow majority of six to five, the Spanish Constitutional Court decided that the government had acted contrary to the Constitution when it forced Spaniards to stay at home during the 2020 waves of the Covid-19 pandemic. On July 14, 2021, the Spanish Constitutional Court (SCC) set a precedent by ruling that several provisions […]
Chileans have elected their Constitutional Convention that is to come up with a draft new basic law in 12 months at the latest, getting rid of the Pinochetian one. On May 15 and 16, 2021, after two postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chileans finally elected members of the Constitutional Convention tasked with designing a […]
POTUS’s approach should be an example for Zelensky, says CCD Board Chair On Apr. 9, the President of the United States Joe Biden issued an executive order establishing a Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. “This action is part of the Administration’s commitment to closely study measures to improve the federal […]
Chile’s Senate decides to postpone the election by five weeks as coronavirus infections surge in the country On a proposal by Chilean President Sebastián Piñera, Senate passed a bill to postpone the election of a body that will have to draft a new basic law for Chile. The move, subject to approval by the lower […]