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BPR / Blue Ridge Public Radio
March 30, 2018
Other small parties like the right-leaning Constitution Party continue to push for ballot access. McCarthy says more choices are a good for ... “I think other parties see us as a spoiler, but actually we have our own platform that's very different from every other party. Those values that we have really separate usÃâà...
Virginian-Pilot
March 30, 2018
The Trump administration's move is best seen as another example of the Republican party playing “constitutional hardball,” defined by law professors Joseph Fishkin and David Pozen as a “political maneuver” that “violates or strains constitutional conventions for partisan ends.” Some examples include:.
The Independent | SUindependent.com
March 29, 2018
So what other political parties normally offer candidates for president on the ballot? They follow: Libertarian Party, Green Party, Constitution Party of the U.S., Party of Socialism and Liberation, Reform Party USA, Socialist Party USA, and Socialist Workers Party. These political parties, with far less mediaÃâà...
Mississippi Today
March 22, 2018
With a 76-42 vote, the House passed a resolution that calls for a convention of the states to pass amendments to the constitution that limit the power of the ... Mississippi's resolution uses similar language used by the Tea Party-led Convention of the States Project, which is advocating for a convention for theÃâà...
Cache Valley Daily
March 19, 2018
Accomplishments, goals and plans of the party will be presented and county officers and delegates to the county convention will be selected. The Constitution Party convention is scheduled to take place this Saturday, March 24th at 10 a.m. It will be held at Altius Gymnastics Academy, 917 West 600 North inÃâà...
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
March 5, 2018
That provision has been key to nominating statewide candidates for the Constitution Party, said former Secretary of State candidate Lori Stacey. “This is not a win for us,” Stacey said. The bill would allow Democrats and Republicans to nominate candidates for those positions by convention but force thirdÃâà...
Charleston Post Courier
March 1, 2018
Rutherford received reinforcement from South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman Trav Robertson, who said he fears that Republicans would use a constitutional convention to "oppress every ... Tillman, a former governor and U.S. senator from South Carolina, authored the current constitution in 1895.
BBC News
March 1, 2018
US President Donald Trump has stunned lawmakers from both parties by accusing them of being "petrified" of the National Rifle Association (NRA). ... Conservative lawmakers oppose gun restrictions as an infringement of the Second Amendment to the US constitution, which governs the right to bear arms.
Brookings Institution (blog)
March 1, 2018
The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party has proposed removing a clause from the country's constitution—added during the Deng ... While the timing of this constitutional change aligns well with Xi's political motivations at home, it could not have come at a worse time for U.S.-China relations.
Vox
January 30, 2018
Claire McCaskill (D-MO), among others, has announced that we are in a constitutional crisis as a result. Is this right? ... That should hardly be satisfactory; the Constitution makes no mention of parties, and it shouldn't have to rely on split control of government for it to function properly. Increasingly, howeverÃâà...
Vox
December 31, 1999
Many US voters don't bother to vote because neither of the two parties appeals to them, or because they live in a safe state where their vote doesn't ... For then the constitution-minded electorate would be virtually reduced to a one-party system with no practical alternative to holding to the “safe” party at allÃâà...
The State Journal-Register
December 31, 1999
Today's story explores the Illinois Constitution Party and the Democratic Socialists of America. Some call third-party ... Most third parties like the Constitution Party have to fight to get signatures for their ballot petitions. Since they are ... It's crucial to changing a little bit of the mindset in voting for us. But at theÃâà...
Right Wing Watch
December 31, 1999
Making its CPAC debut this year is the Constitution Party, which was originally organized in 1992 by right-wing activist Howard Phillips as the U.S. Taxpayers Party. Flyers being handed out at the group's booth declare that it is the party of integrity, liberty and prosperity. According to the party, more than 75Ãâà...
Sioux Falls Argus Leader
December 31, 1999
The ruling affirms the argument that the state's two-party legislature has made access to the ballot for dissenting voices uniquely difficult, and that they violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution in doing so. Judge Lawrence Piersol's 16-page decision says the state requires tooÃâà...
