Abstract In July 2020, Russian voters gave strong support to a package of constitutional reforms that reconfigured the political system and enshrined social guarantees conservative identity values, consolidating regime has been built over 20-year period. This was achieved through an alteration ‘zeroed’ presidential terms commenced before change, potentially allowing President Vladimir Putin ove...

In Spaulding v. Blair' the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit determined that the mere submission to state-wide referendum of a proposed open-housing act for final approval by the voters, under the procedure outlined in Article XVI of the Maryland Constitution, was not a violation of fourteenth amendment rights and could not be enjoined. During its 1967 session the Maryland General Assembl...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ignited a political firestorm and raised intriguing new questions of constitutional law. Cutting a path between the liberals and conservatives on the US Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts made small adjustments in established constitutional law to uphold key features of the act. In doing so, he not only upheld the statute but also left the l...

The Welsh Labour government occupies a unique position in UK territorial politics, favouring neither the status quo nor independence for Wales while advocating new settlement whole state. This article provides detailed examination of its policy, focusing on doctrine parliamentary sovereignty. Drawing from range documentary sources, we analyse government’s constitutional proposals and decision-m...