Unions NSW is launching a High Court challenge to election expenditure laws. A recent case from Pennsylvania provides an interesting contrast.
Category: Constitutional law
Reform in the Vatican: Pell to the rescue
Australia's own George Pell is appointed to a new committee of cardinals that will advise on reform in the Vatican: a unique and difficult task.
The Republican war against constitutionalism
It looks as if there'll be no established religion in North Carolina, at least legally. But the Republican Party has shown off some interesting views about the constitution.
Public opinion and the Supreme Court
Nate Silver works his magic on public opinion and same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court may be listening.
Good news for Zimbabwe, at last
The EU has responded to Zimbabwe's constitutional referendum by suspending most of the sanctions on government figures, although not President Mugabe himself.
Anti-gay forces not giving up
In France and America same-sex marriage is facing last-ditch resistance. There may be more to it than just fear of the gays.
A Victorian lesson on fixed terms
Last week's political crisis in Victoria illustrates a problem about having fixed-term parliaments in a Westminster system.
The problem isn’t loyalty, but citizenship
The problem in the Ben Zygier/Prisoner X case, and potentially in many others, is the way the state demands a certain sort of loyalty – "allegiance" – of its citizens.
A step sideways for Aboriginal recognition
There'll be feel-good images out of Canberra today as parliament votes on recognition of indigenous people. But the idea that the bill represents a step forward on a constitutional referendum is simply not true.
Why Lincoln matters
Spielberg's Lincoln is a great political drama. It also has a message for the modern Republican Party: one day they will have to choose whether they are the party of Lincoln or the party of the Confederacy.
The World is Not Enough 