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A government-appointed panel this week unveiled a draft constitution that is part of wide-ranging efforts to avoid a repeat of political violence that saw more than 1,000 people killed after Kenya's December 2007 presidential elections.
North Korea's new constitution calls for respecting human rights for the first time, a possible attempt by Pyongyang to fend off international criticism about its harsh treatment of citizens, South Korean officials and an analyst said Monday.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution now costs $1 if you buy it at a newsstand Monday through Saturday.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is moving to the suburbs, abandoning its downtown space that the company described Monday as outdated and in need of substantial funds to maintain and operate.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is moving about 10 miles from downtown to space in the city's suburbs.
Michael Joseph has been promoted to publisher of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Cox Media Group announced Thursday.
Nicaraguan opposition lawmakers on Monday condemned a public appeal for constitutional changes by President Daniel Ortega as an attempt to extend term limits and eventually allow the leftist leader's re-election.
President Manuel Zelaya enlisted government employees and his supporters Saturday to set up polling stations for a rogue referendum that opponents depicted as a power grab by the leftist leader.
Fed up with the budget crises and partisan battles that have paralyzed California for years, some influential voices believe it's time to tear open the state constitution and start anew.
Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is calling for a new constitution in his Central American nation, following the path of his leftist allies in the region.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is becoming the latest newspaper to merge sections as a way to trim costs as advertising revenue plummets.
President Evo Morales and thousands of supporters celebrated Bolivia's new constitution as it took effect on Saturday, saying the new document will enshrine indigenous rights and end centuries of oppression.
- There's been a flurry of interest in what's usually a small detail of a new presidency: the oath taking, which President Barack Obama repeated Wednesday after Chief Justice John Roberts stumbled over the words at Tuesday's inaugural ceremony.
Doug Franklin, executive vice president of Cox Newspapers, has been named publisher of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
President Evo Morales said he can "go to the cemetery happy" Tuesday after Congress approved holding a referendum on his new constitution empowering Bolivia's long-oppressed Indian majority.
President Evo Morales led more than a 100,000 supporters on a march into the Bolivian capital on Monday to demand that Congress call a nationwide vote on a new constitution empowering the country's long-oppressed indigenous majority.
Turkmenistan's highest legislative body unanimously approved a new constitution Friday that increased the president's powers but also broadened the role of parliament.
Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom signed and adopted a new constitution Thursday that allows multiparty elections and other democratic reforms after decades of authoritarian rule.
President Nicolas Sarkozy's risky bid to rewrite France's political rules with sweeping constitutional changes worked — but just barely — with both houses of parliament meeting in special session Monday to pass the measures by a single vote.
Lawmakers meeting in special session have voted in favor of a sweeping revision of France's constitution — but by a one-vote margin that highlights the controversy behind the vote.
The tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan has formally adopted a new constitution that transforms it from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy, a move initiated by its royal family.
Kosovo's government took control of the newly independent nation Sunday as the country's constitution went into force after nine years of U.N. administration.
Voters in cyclone-hit areas of Myanmar have overwhelmingly approved a constitution that critics say will perpetuate the military's decades-old grip on power in this Southeast Asian nation.
Myanmar announced Thursday that a constitution won massive support in a referendum — a claim slammed by a leading rights group as an insult to the country's people.
Thousands of activists, artists and scholars gathered Sunday for an international peace conference outside Tokyo, vowing to promote the Japanese Constitution's war-renouncing Article 9 as a global standard and prevent the clause from being weakened.
American Thinker: God and Government: Islam and West Are IncompatibleAny honest evaluation of the history of Islam will indicate that it cannot be pigeonholed as if it were merely a different sect that utilizes a crescent rather than a cross as a symbol. Islam is fundamentally incompatible with Western attitudes toward religion and society.
God, Family & Country RevisitedDiversity, multiculturalism and moral relativity have replaced life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and hold the status of religious doctrine. We must welcome into our midst those who read and abide by teachings that say kill those who don't believe as you do.
Open Letter to SenatorsI am really frustrated I have been trying since 6AM Arizona to contact Senators in regard to H.B.3590 their phones are on answering, fax machins off and web site set up unless you live in their district they don't want to hear from you. So much for representing "We the People"
An Abridgement of Constitutional RightsPublic officials need to take seriously their oath to uphold the Constitution. Just as important, the people of the United States, charged with electing these officials to public office, should spend time on this exercise.
Video: CNN Propaganda Segment on Oath Keepers Demonizes Fall of the RepublicCNN continues its well-oiled propaganda campaign against the patriot movement with a segment on the Oath Keepers.
Secular America vs. the Catholic Church: An Ideological Faith-Based Train Wreck? -- Politics DailyThis.. Is a smart article on the legal wrangling in DC betwixt and between the government and the Catholic Church. Considering issues like the people who can get chewed up as collateral damage how it is and isn't legal, constitutional or timely, and why It matters.
U.S. reverses stance on treaty to regulate arms tradeThe United States reversed policy on Wednesday and said it would back launching talks on a treaty to regulate arms sales as long as the talks operated by consensus, a stance critics said gave every nation a veto.
Texas' gay marriage ban may have banned all marriagesBarbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney general, says that a 22-word clause in a 2005 constitutional amendment designed to ban gay marriages erroneously endangers the legal status of all marriages in the state.
Brown's Fiscal Responsibility Bill shows how politicians don't see the difference between the Constitution, Legislation and PolicyTexas marriages in legal limbo due to 2005 error, Democrat saysThe 2005 Texas constitutional amendment banning gay marriage included the language, "This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal status identical or similar to marriage."
Obama's Gift to OsamaWhoever suggested that Barack Obama is not a Christian? Obama's decision to try those Gitmo prisoners in New York is the perfect gift for Osama bin Laden and just in time for Christmas.
US Constitution Summary - ShmoopUS Constitution summary, analysis, meaning, interpretation. The Constitution at Shmoop.
O'Reilly Upset Over 9/11 Trials: 'I Don't Care About The Constitution!'Since Attorney General Eric Holder announced his decision to move five Guantanamo Bay detainees — including Khalid Sheikh Mohammad — to New York for civilian trials on charges related to the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, Fox News personalities have been up in arms.
The US Constitution 2.0: The Obama Rewrite The Obama Administration is developing a new socialist constitution for America to replace the original Constitution written by our Founders.
"thirty-five per cent of all women of reproductive age in America today will have had an abortion by the time they are forty-five" - Why Is Abortion Even Up For Debate In The Healthcare Bill?Abortion is almost as old as childbirth. There has always been a need for some women to end their pregnancies. In modern times, the law's attitude toward that need has varied.
John Galligan, Hasan Defense Attorney, Target Of Wolf Blitzer's Shame CampaignIt goes without saying that when the available facts accrue and weigh so heavily against a defendant, like the alleged Fort Hood killer Nidal Hasan, one can begin to think of the upcoming trial as something of an afterthought.
Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be"Our very way of life is under siege," said Mortensen, whose understanding of the Constitution derives not from a close reading of the document but from talk-show pundits, books by television personalities, and the limitless expanse of his own colorful imagination.
Weekend Update #33: Bail Out : Republic of Lakotah - Mitakuye Oyasin"Russell Means asks why there has been no massive public outcry in response to the bailout of 2008, which is projected to cost $7 trillion dollars.
Cowardly Kit Bond Carries Water for the Bush Administration and Whines About Terror Trials in NYThese tough guys sure do have a lot of fear about trusting the United States court system, don't they? During an interview with Andrea Mitchell today Sen.
U.S. Adviser to Kurds Stands to Reap Oil Profits Peter W. Galbraith, an influential former American ambassador, is a powerful voice on Iraq who helped shape the views of policy makers like Joseph R. Biden Jr. and John Kerry.
Confronting the Spin on the Fort Hood MassacreIt is sad and disturbing commentary on the state of American culture when the facts surrounding an event, such as the slaughter that took place at Fort Hood, can not only be manipulated to facilitate a political ideology but blatantly ignored in the pursuit of a political agenda.
Part 1: "To Borrow Money on the Credit of the United States" I look at what is happening in this country, look at what our elected officials are doing to us, and it frightens me.
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