Word: constitutionalizing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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For Jimmy Carter, the presidency must sometimes seem like an endless series of tests in which he is asked to prove that he is capable of leading the nation. In foreign policy particularly, the rambunctious 95th Congress is determined to judge every use of the authority that the Constitution grants...
That spirit was exemplified by Lukyanenko, who boldly helped found the unofficial Ukrainian Workers and Peasants Union in 1959. Its platform: secession from the U.S.S.R.-a right that is theoretically guaranteed by the 1936 Soviet constitution-and the establishment of an independent socialist Ukraine. In 1961 Lukyanenko was tried for...
On its face, the Soviet legal system has many similarities with those of Continental European countries. A written constitution provides for freedom of speech, press and religion, and trials are to be fair and open. Yet just what the constitution means in a Soviet context can be illustrated by a...
The following day about 2,000 of the marchers stayed to lobby House Judiciary Committee members, who must first approve the extension bill before it can be sent to the House floor for action. Many of them found it a frustrating experience. When 100 ERA supporters confronted New York Republican...
It was the largest rally ever held for women's rights, and its purpose was to urge Congressmen to extend the March 22, 1979, deadline for ratification of ERA. Without an extension, most supporters fear, the amendment will die, three states short of the 38 needed for ratification. They...