The pompously named Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of Office, unveiled on Friday by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) is technically based on the provision in the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution, allowing for “such other body as Congress …
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“Tomorrow, by the way, tomorrow, come here tomorrow,” Pelosi told reporters Thursday at her weekly press conference. “We’re going to be talking about the 25th Amendment.” The comments came after Pelosi had been discussing negotiations on a Covid-19 relief bill with Trump. She didn’t elaborate on her tease about the …
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It’s been a good week for Ibram X. Kendi, professor of history, best-selling author, and founder of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. On August 20, his nascent research center came into possession of a not-inconsequential sum of money – $10 million to be exact – thanks to the …
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In a Network there is another petition with the requirement to remove the “reset” of presidential terms of constitutional amendments. The appeal addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared on the website Change.org. The authors of the petition say that it is unfair to accept all the amendments as one …
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The refusal of the CEC to provide access to media for campaigning against the amendment of the Constitution makes the upcoming vote even more illogical. Member of the Central election Commission of the Russian Federation Maya Grishina said that the law on holding a nationwide vote on changing the Constitution …
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The BPP said that they would not vote for the amendment. The people’s Deputy from Blok Petro Poroshenko Alexey Goncharenko said that the faction will not vote for the amendment to the second reading of the bill on ensuring the sovereignty of Ukraine in the Donbass (No. 7163), according to …
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