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Hong Kong’s Election Overhaul in Context Hong Kongers protest the extradition bill in June 2019. (Studio Incendo, https://flic.kr/p/2gf6Ndr; CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) On March 30, Chinese lawmakers passed legislation that will dramatically overhaul Hong Kong’s electoral system. That legislation—which takes the form of amendments to Hong Kong’s Basic Law—does not stand alone: It appears to be the third in a recent raft of laws that consolidate Beijing’s...

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Can a four-word tweet trigger the biggest trade in Baltimore Ravens history? On Jan. 29, offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr. surprisingly posted on Twitter: “I’m a LEFT Tackle.” Two weeks later, there’s mounting speculation about what teams would want Brown and what the Ravens could land in return. The only certainty at this point is that it’s going to take a very high draft pick — a first-round one, at the very least -- to pry Brown out of Baltimore, which is s...

Impeachment of an Ex‐​President Is Unconstitutional SHARE Former judge Michael Luttig has argued correctly that the Constitution refers to impeachment of the president, not the ex‐​president. Article II, section 4 provides that “The President … shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” Accordingly, once a person is no longer president, he can’t be impeached or convicted. Our federal gover...

  The Attorney-General (A-G) has asked the Supreme Court to quash a decision by the Ho High Court to put an injunction on the gazetting of Member of Parliament-elect of Hohoe, Mr John Peter Amewu. In an application invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of the apex court, the A-G contends that the Ho High Court had no jurisdiction to make that decision because the entire legal action leading to the decision was a nullity. According to the A-G, the action before the Ho High Court, although couch...

Graphic Online BY: Emmanuel Ebo Hawkson 705 The Supreme Court will sit on Monday , January 4, 2020 to hear an application challenging a decision of the Ho High Court to put an injunction on the gazetting of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP-elect for Hohoe, Mr John Peter Amewu. A five - member panel of the apex court, presided over by Justice Yaw Appau, set the date today (Wednesday , December 30) after granting an application for abridgment of time filed by the Attorney-General (A-G). Per the ...

705 The Attorney-General (A-G) has asked the Supreme Court to quash a decision by the Ho High Court to put an injunction on the gazetting of Member of Parliament-elect of Hohoe, Mr John Peter Amewu. In an application invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of the apex court, the A-G contends that the Ho High Court had no jurisdiction to make that decision because the entire legal action leading to the decision was a nullity. According to the A-G, the action before the Ho High Court, although couc...