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Stuart Ford (University of Illinois at Chicago - UIC School of Law) has posted Preambles Before the Preamble: Rediscovering the Preambles Role in Constitutional Interpretation on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article explores how the Preamble to the Constitution...

In recent pieces for the Dispatch and Free Beacon, I’ve alluded to essays that Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in the late 1980s during his service as chairman of the Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission. These three pre-judicial essays are eloquent and bracing introductions to his view of constitutional self-government. And they are well worth reading in the aftermath of his magnum opus — his concurring opinion in the Harvard and North Carolina civil rights cases.

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The revised Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) [Part II], which took effect as a governing document July 9, can be accessed online in three formats from the Office of the General Assembly (OGA) pages of pcusa.org. Bound copies can be ordered through the PC(USA) store.

The Book of Order and the Book of Confessions provide the foundation and framework for how the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) ministers to congregations. It takes individuals with a clear understanding of those documents to navigate the church through conflicts or other issues that may get in the way of ministry. In this week’s OGA In Focus, Laurie Griffith, associate director for Constitutional Interpretation in the Office of the General Assembly shares the joys of helping others follow God’s...

Taipei, June 10 (CNA) The Constitutional Court on Friday upheld the constitutionality of legal provisions that hold individuals liable for maliciously spreading defamatory content without taking reasonable steps to verity the truth of the information they disseminate.

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From extracurricular activities to different departments and schools — here are the differences and similarities between politics study department of the Australian National University (ANU) and Princeton University.

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns of financial and economic chaos unless Congress acts to raise the debt ceiling. The impasse raises the risk of a default with severe consequences for the US and global economies.