Constitutional System News Today

showing the queens appearance on the buckingham palace balcony. the queen front and centre of the daily telegraph, as the paper reports on her statement to the public — saying the monarch has reaffirmed her commitment to serve the nation. the times says the members of the royal family chosen to appear on the balcony are a message about the future of the monarchy. it was a slimmed—down royal family, according to the i. but the paper also looks at boris johnsons future, saying a vote...

Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address and the quarrelsome, hyperpartisan exchanges it generated tell us that the practice, abolished by Thomas Jefferson but restored by Woodrow Wilson, of having the State of the Union Address delivered as a speech to Congress rather than as a written message, should be abolished.

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President Joe Biden is calling for citizens to vote not for him, but for democracy itself. It's a tactic to distract from his own low poll numbers.

The dictatorial ambitions of Donald Trump, who incited an insurrection, are clear. To compare what he's done to Gov. Gavin Newsom's COVID-19 actions is ridiculous.

By voting for a straight party ticket Americans seem to suggest they would prefer a parliamentary system where power is concentrated in a single party. Read more.

Imran Khan and his supporters have launched an unprecedented challenge to Pakistans military, which has held sway over the country since independence in 1947. It has been in power for three of those decades and has wielded extraordinary influence even with a civilian government in office

Former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqn Abbasi warns of the potential for a military takeover in Pakistan due to the country's dire economic and political turmoil. He urges all stakeholders to initiate dialogue to chart a way forward amidst the current crisis.

Also, 10 Iranian officials, namely judicial executives and heads of penitentiary systems, were sanctioned

The adoption of the British Westminster System of Government at Independence in 1960 with a Republican upgraded status in 1966 makes a mockery of democratic ethics and ethos, which the Britain had relished for centuries. Nigeria’s democratic system of government as we knew and practiced it came crashing with the introduction of “Fellow Nigerians” in […]