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...But Israeli parties failed to agree on a constitution, and instead the nation’s leaders and institutions are guided by a set of quasi-constitutional “basic laws”....
...For some, the tipping point was the ruling that overturned Roe vs Wade, which for nearly 50 years enshrined the constitutional right to an abortion....
...As Stephen Bates, author of Royalty Inc, puts it: “The monarchy is one thing the Americans don’t have.”...
...The petition, filed in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, asked for a court to review Mr Trump’s divestment order, arguing it violated the company’s constitutional rights....
...They are now down 20 per cent for the month of October. Get the full story from DD’s Mark Vandevelde here. Job moves Law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore has promoted 11 attorneys to partners....
...But we all know that Trump is immune to embarrassment and shame, and seems to have little respect for law....
...Laws imposed by Westminster will also make it legal from January for same-sex couples in Northern Ireland to marry, after the failure of the DUP and Sinn Féin to meet a deadline on Monday to restore their...
...Mr Ma’ruf has criticised the constitutional court for rejecting a petition to criminalise gay sex and has pushed for a broad anti-pornography law....
...The Japanese carmaker also announced that Arun Bajaj, who headed human resources at the company and was in charge of talent management for the alliance, left the company this week. More here....
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...For more than two centuries, the US has served as a beacon for democratic values such as pluralism, tolerance and the rule of law. For the most part, it has been on the right side of history....
...The meeting of minds between the PD and Ms Bonino was reinforced in recent years by PD-backed legislation to allow civil unions for same-sex couples and living wills for patients to choose their end-of-life...
...Under the constitution the responsibility for legalising same-sex marriage rests with parliament and unlike the Republic of Ireland, which held a referendum in 2015, there is no constitutional requirement...
...About 75 of Ms Merkel’s 309 Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union alliance backed the motion, joining the social democrats, Green and Left party members who have long called for liberalisation...
...(FT, CNN) ‘Hookers for Healthcare ’ Sex workers in Nevada, the only US state where prostitution is legal, are among those struggling against the c ollapse of Obamacare....
...Moira Oliver, head of policy and chief counsel for human and digital rights at BT, points to work by the Global Network Initiative, an alliance of communication companies and human rights organisations,...
...The funds were held by PDV Holding, Inc, owned by PdVSA....
...As US courts have knocked down bans on same-sex marriage in recent years, conservatives have pushed back on what they say is an infringement of their constitutional religious rights....
...On issues from healthcare to same-sex marriage, many conservatives worry that another Democrat in the Oval Office would push policies that would strip power away from the states....
...a controversial law restricting demonstrations....
...There are no grounds for western superiority. In more than half the countries where homosexuality is a crime, the illegality is rooted in British colonial law....
...For while it is consulted on changes – potentially through a constitutional convention – national governments still dominate the exercise....
...abuse of office and paying for sex with an underage prostitute....
...Among other operations, the Wave Inc group is a franchisee for Coca-Cola in Punjab....
...In the past children who suffered abuse and spoke out were often not believed,” says Marie Collins, a survivor of clerical child sex abuse....
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