The current case focused on the deportation of Venezuelan immigrants raises concerns about whether the president will continue to respect the country’s legal system.
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Legal experts are concerned that President Donald Trump is expanding executive powers beyond the law – creating what they call a constitutional crisis.
This year’s CPAC gathering has been a victory lap for Trump supporters, who have devoted their time at the event to praising the president and his accomplishments.
The problem goes beyond the political leanings of judges to the speed of change and the administration’s apparent willingness to ignore court rulings it dislikes.
The absence of a speaker of the House − a single individual but the linchpin in Congress − could produce a dangerous crisis in America’s constitutional democracy.
The fallout over the Scottish government’s gender recognition legislation has not happened in isolation.
A cautionary tale for the UK press .
Samoa’s Supreme Court has had a bet each way to resolve the country’s election stalemate, but the odds are still on a new prime minister within the week.
Samoa’s constitutional crisis has caught the world’s attention, but diplomatic rhetoric may not be enough to support the country’s democratically elected government.
The former president is in a corner and largely isolated. His only option is to stir the pot so much that it gives him some kind of bargaining power.
President Donald Trump may be trying to get state lawmakers to shift the outcome of the presidential election.
For 10 years, Kenya’s legislators have failed to enact a law to implement a two-thirds gender rule set down in the 2010 constitution, despite numerous court rulings.
President Trump vetoed Congress’ rejection of his emergency declaration. That brings the constitutional confrontation closer to the Supreme Court and a potentially destabilizing outcome.
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales is defying a constitutional court order to release a UN-backed prosecutor his government arrested and allow his corruption investigation to continue.
If the government clinches the tax cut legislation it will be a major victory – with its own irony.
Despite avenues for legal redress, the solution to Kenya’s constitutional crisis is political. The leadership on both sides of the political divide must reach an agreement for the sake of the nation.
By failing to provide details on what invalidated Kenya’s election, the country’s Supreme Court has created an impossible timeline for organising re-elections within 60 days.
The authoritarian regime is pushing ahead despite widespread objections. A peaceful resolution is far from sight.
The prevailing mandate of the South African Reserve Bank is informed by sound economics and the need to protect the institution from the whims of politicians.
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Faculty Member, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University; Visiting Fellow, Department of Pacific Affairs, Australian National University., Georgetown University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Nairobi
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
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Associate Professor of Political Science, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Law, New York University
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Lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law, and Public Procurement, Bangor University
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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, UCT. Visiting Adjunct Professor, WITS School of Governance; Director, Africa Programme, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
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Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School