Word: constitutionalized
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Revathi Masoosai should be the perfect embodiment of Malaysia. Her ethnic Indian parents were both born in the ancient port of Malacca in 1957, the very year the colony of Malaya gained independence from the British. Her father was Christian, her mother came from a Hindu family, but they both...
But honeymoons don't last forever. Abdullah will almost certainly win re-election in polls expected early next year, because of the well-oiled political machine of the governing National Front, which has dominated the country since independence. Yet the 68-year-old PM's tenure is dogged by the...
Musharraf took power in a military coup eight years ago, vowing to stay on only as long as it took to stamp out corruption and repair the economy. He has delivered somewhat on both fronts. But his other major pledge - to not "allow the people to be taken back to...
To that end, we commend Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain, who last week vowed to eliminate the practice of signing statements if elected. We hope the presidential candidates of both parties will issue a similar pledge that they will not skirt the Constitution.
This power grab is a clear violation of the spirit of our Constitution that undermines the authority of Congress to legislate. Effectively making an end-run around the unconstitutionality of line-item vetoes, it concentrates far too much power in the presidency, which is disconcerting no matter who is occupying...