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A setback for Donald Trump in the supreme court offers a possible guide to how other Trumpian excesses might fare in the future.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Electoral law, Political issues, United States Leave a comment 23 February 202624 February 2026

Fate of an insurrectionist

South Korea's former president is sentenced to life imprisonment, illustrating one way of dealing with insurrection at the top.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, East Asia, United States Leave a comment 20 February 2026

Democracy for Victoria?

The system of group voting tickets in Victoria seems to be finally on the way out, although a parliamentary inquiry has failed to agree on deeper structural reform.

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A Remembrance Day compilation

Views over the years of the 1975 constitutional crisis.

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More politicians?

Australia's government is thinking about increasing the size of federal parliament. The quality of representation needs to be traded off against various legal and practical considerations.

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Coup plotters around the world

Brazil's former president is convicted of an attempted coup; similar charges are being brought in Romania, but the US's plotter remains at large.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Europe, Latin America, United States 4 Comments 18 September 202518 September 2025

Breakthrough in the South Pacific

Negotiations in Paris settle on a new constitutional status for New Caledonia, which students of the Australian constitution might find familiar.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Europe, France, Oceania, Referenda 2 Comments 14 July 202514 July 2025

EOFY loose ends

Ending the financial year with a roundup of recent developments in some long-running stories around the world.

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Two governments fall

Dutch and Tasmanian governments are both forced back to the polls, showing some interesting similarities and differences.

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A Trump third term?

His second term is already a scene of chaos after less than three months, but Donald Trump keeps talking about the possibility of a third term.

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