Constitution

Trump administration takes USPS mail-in ballot fight to Supreme Court

The USPS regulation would impose new voter-specific data and ballot envelope standards and potentially refuse the delivery of ballots that do not comply.

A United States Postal Service (USPS) mail delivery truck is seen in Queens, New York City.
The Missouri State Capitol Building is seen on September 4, 2025 in Jefferson City, Missouri.

New Missouri law forcing schools to target antisemitism sparks intense First Amendment concerns

US President Donald Trump and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listen to questions from the press during a Cabinet meeting at Camp David in Maryland, on July 31, 2026; illustrative

US may ask parents to prove citizenship or immigration status to get passports for their children

U.S. postal service trucks sit parked at the post office in Del Mar, California

Judge blocks Trump-backed USPS mail-voting rules ahead of November elections


Maine election disqualifies Trump from presidential primary ballot

The decision came after a group of former Maine lawmakers said that Trump should be disqualified based on a provision of the US Constitution.

With Vice President Mike Pence looking on, US President Donald Trump gives a statement on Jerusalem, during which he recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, US, December 6, 2017

Will Israel's Thai workers return to agriculture, construction jobs?

The Thai embassy in Israel is considering returning agricultural workers and exploring construction industry partnerships to address the female labor shortage post-war.


If the Declaration of Independence falls, Israeli unity will fall too - opinion

This last bastion of consensus is under attack. If it succeeds, there will no longer be any text around which the State of Israel and Israeli society can unite.

 THE ORIGINAL scroll of the Declaration of Independence: The words are not a hastily drafted text; they are constitutive words, the writer argues.

Knesset speaker calls to replace High Court if reasonableness law struck down

Knesset speaker Amir Ohana has suggested swapping the High Court with a "constitutional court."

 Knesset speaker Amir Ohana holds a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem. September 6, 2023.

Why are Israelis not protected by due process of law? - opinion

Israelis may not yet be ready to agree on a full written constitution, but defining due process and reviewing that sufficient procedures are applied may provide Israel with basic checks and balances.

 Israelis are seen demonstrating near the Supreme Court in Jerusalem ahead of a vote in the Knesset on judicial reform, on February 20, 2023.

Is Israel in danger of entering a constitutional crisis?

LEGAL AFFAIRS: It is necessary to explore these scenarios, the consequences of a constitutional crisis, and just how likely one is to erupt.

 A sign reading "Save Israel from Netanyahu" is seen at a protest against the government's judicial reform, in Jerusalem, on July 23, 2023.

Ben-Gvir vs Shabtai: Who will police obey in a constitutional crisis?

The police chief said that the police were only guided by the law and as long as he was in command, the only guiding principle would be the law, even in a constitutional crisis.

 NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER Itamar Ben-Gvir and Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai attend the opening of a new police station in the Negev.

Splitting Israel into two Jewish states solves nothing - opinion

As long as I have a choice I shall nevertheless always opt for pluralism, and in the current social and political crisis will fullheartedly support compromise over any sort of escapist purism.

 A LIGHT RAIL train stops at the Jerusalem City Hall station. ‘As a Jerusalemite since 1969, I have no desire to replace this chaotic pluralism for a largely monolithic secular, liberal, middle-class Ashkenazi Tel Avivian reality,’ says the writer.

The funeral bells are ringing for Israeli democracy - opinion

Senior officials from all walks of Israeli life, not to mention foreign governments, have added their voices, calling for an end to what looks like madness.

 Demonstrators protest against judicial reform in Jerusalem on July 23.

What would be written in an Israeli constitution? - opinion

These are indeed complex matters to consider, but consider them Israel must if the nation is to resolve the issue that has split national opinion asunder. 

 DAVID BEN-GURION as a young man.