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If fascism—or even just an authoritarian regime—does happen here in November, it may look surprisingly familiar. The current Supreme Court is likely to go along with whatever bald-faced violation of constitutional norms Trump orders...

Much attention has been focused on the "insurrection" clause (Section 3) and whether Trump should be allowed to hold office, given his role in the Jan 6th attempted insurrection, his actions are also at odds with other key provisions of the amendment

The movement to save democracy from threats is too quick to overlook the problems that have been present since the founding.

For the second time in less than two years, Chileans voted thumbs down on a new national charter, and few seem to have the energy to try again.

The question of where Chile’s true identity lies becomes ever more pressing as the fiftieth anniversary of Pinochet’s coup approaches.

The only question is whether American citizens today can uphold that commitment.

Ohio will be voting on a measure that makes it harder to amend the constitution in a high-stakes election – and the Republican proposal is ‘minority rule’, experts say.

Patrick Braxton, first Black mayor of Newbern, small town in Alabama’s Black Belt region, filed federal civil rights lawsuit alleging the white former mayor and city council members violated the Constitution when they locked him out of the Town Hall

Remember: The US Treasury is obligated to make payments. The rest is optics.