Constitutions

Constitution Check: Must gay marriage be a fundamental right in order to exist?

24 May 2012

A Washington Post reporter says a potential Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage as a fundamental right could help nullify rulings in more than 30 states. Lyle Denniston explains the issue isn't as simple as it seems.

Letters to the Editor

23 May 2012

Kudos to the Colorado Republican Party for its Report on the Adoption of Resolutions from the 2012 state assembly in which the party strongly supports our state and federal constitutions.

Tamils will never accept Sri Lanka constitution: Sivajilingam

23 May 2012

Eezham Tamils were not a party and will never accept the one-sided constitutions Sri Lanka enacted either in 1972 or in 1978, said former TNA parliamentarian MK Sivajilingam speaking in Jaffna on the 40th anniversary of the 1972 republican constitution of Sri Lanka on Tuesday. The 1978 constitution not only continued the unitary concept but also made it more autocratic under executive presidency ...