“The U.S. Constitution regulates election for both houses of Congress.” “The States and elections clause grants the states ...

Last month, Justice Minister Sean Fraser stood accused by a Bloc Québécois MP of wanting to rewrite the Constitution. "On the ...

Alberta has invoked the notwithstanding clause to end a teachers' strike. Here's what you need to know about the history of this mechanism to override Charter rights and freedoms, and how it works.

The federal government asks the Supreme Court to constrain the notwithstanding clause rather than go through the bother of ...

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument ...

Few areas of law have been able to expose the contradictions of federal cannabis policy quite like the Dormant Commerce Clause. The Constitution’s long-standing rule against state economic ...

The U.S. Constitution famously outlaws “cruel and unusual punishments.” But there's another, far more obscure part of the ...

Women and State Constitution-making in 1961" tracks the experiences of the 11 women delegates during the state's 1961 ...

Two clauses of the draft constitution -- one relating to requirement of SC nod for amendment and another prohibiting office-bearers from holding dual posts in the AIFF and state units -- had caused ...