Word: constitutionalizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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The prospect of a Constitutional Convention is unnerving for most members of Congress. They fear they will be moving into a constitutional no man's land uncharted by the founding fathers. Article V of the Constitution simply provides that a convention will be called when two-thirds of the...
Congress, however, must attend to all the not-so-trivial details of such a convention. How will the delegates be chosen? Will the states have equal representation, as in the U.S. Senate, or will their votes be weighted according to population? How long can the convention go on? Above all...
We have made an oath to him as our commander and to our constitution, and we will remain loyal to both.
The maneuvering between the rival Prime Ministers, commented one Western observer last week, was "a risky game of chicken." Bazargan and Khomeini, who set up headquarters at a girls' school in Tehran, obviously hoped to isolate Bakhtiar and force his resignation. Until the army announced its neutrality, Bakhtiar had...
Susan Stokes '81, an election winner and one of the students who may contest the results, said yesterday she believes all preferential voting systems violate the assembly's constitution, no matter how the ballots are tabulated.