Showing posts with label constitutional amendments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label constitutional amendments. Show all posts

Monday, December 10, 2018

U.S. SUPREME COURT - Double Jeopardy

"Could Supreme Court’s double jeopardy case reverse 170 years of precedent?" PBS NewsHour 12/6/2018

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SUMMARY:  A Supreme Court case is challenging a long-held interpretation of the Fifth Amendment’s ban on prosecution for the same crime twice, known as double jeopardy.  The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle joins Amna Nawaz to explain the 170-year-old “separate sovereigns” exception, what questions the court had during arguments and why the case draws attention to the special counsel’s Russia probe.

Monday, May 28, 2018

IRELAND - Is Changing

"Vote over abortion ban underscores how Ireland is changing" PBS NewsHour 5/25/2018

"Irish abortion referendum: yes wins with 66.4%" The Guardian

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SUMMARY:  In historically religious Ireland, the voting booths are in churches.  But this is not the same country once dominated by Catholicism.  A new constitutional amendment up for vote on Friday would allow Parliament to legalize unrestricted abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.  And according to initial exit polls, it has succeeded.  Nick Schifrin reports.