Tag: amendment
Congressman Tom Emmer seeks amendment to limit SEC’s crypto oversight
Tom Emmer, the Majority Whip of the U.S. House of Representatives, who has previously expressed concerns about the Securities Exchange Commission's (S [...]
Colorado Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Trump Off Ballots Under 14th Amendment
The amendment says anyone who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the Constitution after taking an oath to defend it is ineligible to hold [...]
Invoking 14th Amendment, Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Trump Off Ballots in Colorado
Six Colorado voters filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to keep former President Donald J. Trump off the state’s presidential ballots next year under [...]
N.H. GOP Fights 14th Amendment Bid to Bar Trump From Ballot
New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary is quickly becoming the leading edge for an unproven legal theory that Donald J. Trump is disqualified fro [...]
Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers appeal decision on bail, citing First Amendment issues
Lawyers representing Sam Bankman-Fried, or SBF, have filed an appeal claiming the former FTX CEO’s bail was revoked “in retaliation for him exercising [...]
Democrats Try a Novel Tactic to Revive the Equal Rights Amendment
Democrats in Congress are making a fresh push for the nearly century-old Equal Rights Amendment to be enshrined in the Constitution, rallying around a [...]
Supreme Court Puts First Amendment Limits on Laws Banning Online Threats
The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the First Amendment imposes limits on laws that make it a crime to issue threats on the internet, requiring pr [...]
Finance ministry seeks amendment of Foreign Exchange Act – 93.3 KFM
The Ministry of Finance is seeking to make amendments to the Foreign Exchange Act which would see the capital requirement run a money remitta [...]
Despite Debt Limit Deal, 14th Amendment Questions Linger
The agreement President Biden struck with House Republicans to raise the debt limit aims to avert a catastrophic default on the nation’s debt. But the [...]
Yellen Calls Invoking 14th Amendment to Raise Debt Limit ‘Legally Questionable’
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen on Thursday downplayed the possibility that President Biden could essentially ignore the debt limit by invoking the [...]
Proposed South Dakota amendment to UCC would prohibit cryptocurrencies, but not CBDC
Legislation has been introduced in the American state of South Dakota to amend the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) to limit the definition of money to e [...]
Congress constitutes Constitution Amendment Committee for plenary session on Feb 24-26
11:52 PMWrap-up: Here's all you need to knowCongress constitutes Constitution Amendment Committee for plenary session on Feb 24-26Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind [...]
Ron DeSantis’s war against academic freedom and the First Amendment, explained
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis isn’t exactly hiding what he’s up to.
Earlier this month, the Republican appointed Chris Rufo, the architect of the 2021 [...]
What Is the Compelled Speech Doctrine Under the First Amendment?
The compelled speech doctrine, generally bars the government from compelling people to express things they do not want to say.
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Joe Biden just signed the Kigali Amendment, a treaty that phases out HFCs
President Joe Biden signed a bona fide international climate treaty on Wednesday, one that was ratified in the Senate with bipartisan support in a [...]