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Syria Targets Activists in Pinpoint Raids

BEIRUT - Syrian security forces detained dozens of opposition activists and fired from rooftops in a seaside town Sunday as authorities turned to pinpoint raids after days of bloodshed brought international condemnation and defections from President Bashar Assad's regime. The strategy, described by a rights activist,...

Arizona Legislature OKs Presidential 'Birther' Bill

PHOENIX - The Arizona Legislature gave final approval late Thursday night to a proposal that would require President Barack Obama and other presidential candidates to prove they are U.S. citizens before their names can appear on the state's ballot. Arizona would become the first state to require such proof if Gov. Jan...

Yemen's Embattled Leader Takes Emergency Powers

SANAA, Yemen -- Struggling to hold power after many of his allies abandoned him, Yemen's longtime leader on Wednesday escalated his confrontation with a rapidly expanding uprising and took on emergency powers that give him a freer hand to quell protests. A legislature full of his supporters granted President Ali Abdullah...

Egypt Proposes Competitive Presidential Elections

CAIRO -- A constitutional reform panel on Saturday recommended opening Egypt's presidential elections to competition and imposing a two-term limit on future presidents - a dramatic shift from a system that allowed the ousted Hosni Mubarak to rule for three decades. The changes are among 10 proposed constitutional...

Opinion: Will Egypt's Revolution Be in Vain?

In my native Egypt, my eyes were covered, my clothes ripped off. I was anchored in a dark room reciting Koranic verses to myself with a tone of desperation. That was when I had consciousness, because for a lot of the time I was there, but not there. I'm talking about my time in prison. I was questioned by interrogators,...

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Chuck Schumer Hammers Defenders Of Facebook Founder Who Dumped America

After being compared to the Nazis for targeting people like the Facebook co-founder who renounced his U.S. citizenship and thereby avoided taxes, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) hit back Thursday.

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Journalists Challenge Secrecy In Bradley Manning Trial

Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) filed a petition requesting the Army Court of Criminal Appeals to order the Judge in the court martial of alleged Wikileaks leaker Private Bradley Manning to grant the public and press access to the government's motion papers, the court's own orders, and transcripts of...

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05/28/12 27 Fun Facts About the Constitution Source: IMAO "I, [state your name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic."
05/28/12 Immunity, Federalism Top Agenda as Representatives... Source: AllAfrica.com The House of Representatives special ad-hoc committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution ended its three days retreat in Enugu on Saturday with a resolve to consider tinkering with the immunity clause and federalism.
05/28/12 Comment: Free Azerbaijan - The story behind... Source: The National Student To continue the Eurovision tradition, this year's Song Contest was hosted by Azerbaijan.
05/28/12 OPINION: We Are Forgetting Citizenship is Not Just... Source: Bloomfield-Bloomfield Hills Patch - Bloomfield-Bloomfield Hills MI Memorial Day is a holiday of parades, carnivals, cook-outs and first trips to the beach as we celebrate the start of another Michigan summer season.
05/28/12 NBA, House Members Differ On Immunity Clause Source: AllAfrica.com Lawmakers and the Nigerian Bar Association disagreed on the proposal to remove the immunity clause from the constitution.

Background on Constitutional law

Constitutional law is the body of law which defines the relationship of different entities within a state, namely, the executive, the legislature and the judiciary.

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