Tag: Constitution

Confederate Constitution displayed at UGA

The only surviving copy of the Confederate Constitution, written in iron oxide ink on five sheets of sheepskin stretching slightly more than 12 feet, went on display Friday at the University of Georgia, as it does for a single day each year on the weekday closest to March 11. The Confederate Cons...

Crowdsourcing a Constitution : Iceland and Mexico City — Pioneers of Participation at the Highest Level

The constitution — a summary of basic principles defining the coexistence between the people within a community — forms the legal basis and core of modern states. One approach that allows citizens to participate in formulating these fundamental principles is crowdsourcing. The aim is to ...

The 14th Amendment, Section 3, U.S. Constitution. By Gene W. Edwards. Posted 1/26/2024.

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a me...

The American Constitution is Working Exactly as It Should

. . . Mr. Trump’s victory in 2016 came from the Electoral College, but not the popular vote. That makes the EC not democratic. I say: “But the election rules have the EC as the process to elect the president. Until that is changed, them’s the rules.” I also say: “...