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Stuart Ford (University of Illinois at Chicago - UIC School of Law) has posted Preambles Before the Preamble: Rediscovering the Preamble's 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.
Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan
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 call.