Most Republicans in Congress want to help Ukraine, but their presidential candidate doesn't. It's the sort of conflict that the American system is ill-equipped to deal with.
Category: Constitutional law
Trump on the ballot
Donald Trump has a win in court, although not an unexpected one. Disqualification becomes a matter for Congress, which is most unlikely to take it up.
Senegalese democracy fights back
Senegal's president tries to postpone the election of his successor, but it doesn't work out as he had planned.
Trump at the Supreme Court
Donald Trump looks like being on the ballot for this year's election, but his efforts to halt his criminal trials are not going well.
El Salvador & Guatemala
It's one step back and two steps forward in Central America with an election in El Salvador and an inauguration in Guatemala.
Shoring up the monarchy in Thailand
Thailand's constitutional court tries to protect the monarchy by outlawing dissent, in a move that's liable to backfire.
EU loses a president
The European Union is looking for a new head of state, exposing some of the strangeness of its constitutional arrangements.
Israeli democracy fights back
Israel's supreme court narrowly rejects a key plank of the attack on its powers, adding to Benjamin Netanyahu's problems.
Qualification in Colorado
The Colorado supreme court rules against Donald Trump's eligibility, but its decision is unlikely to survive on appeal.
Chile tries again
Chilean voters are again being asked to approve a new constitution, this time drafted by the right.