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Category: Constitutional law

Germany goes even earlier

A German election draws closer, with some hopes of a recovery by the centre-left incumbents.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Europe, Germany 2 Comments 19 December 202419 December 2024

October election roundup

Electoral news from around the world: this month, Iceland, Mozambique, Kiribati and Indonesia.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Constitutional law, Elections, Europe, Oceania, South-East Asia 2 Comments 21 October 202425 October 2024

Thailand loses a prime minister

Thailand's prime minister loses his job due to a decision of the court that is usually seen as the puppet of his coalition partner, the military.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Party matters, South-East Asia 1 Comment 15 August 202421 August 2024

Courts and constitutions revisited

Joe Biden launches an attempt to make reform of the Supreme Court into an election issue.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Political issues, United States 2 Comments 30 July 202429 April 2026

Ukraine or Trump?

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.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Party matters, Political issues, United States, War and peace 1 Comment 18 April 202418 May 2024

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.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, United States 2 Comments 5 March 20246 March 2024

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.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Constitutional law, Elections 1 Comment 20 February 2024

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.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, Party matters, United States 3 Comments 9 February 20249 February 2024

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.

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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.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Political issues, South-East Asia 4 Comments 2 February 202429 April 2026

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