TOPIC: Constitutional Law  [constitutional-law]
Courts, legislatures and executives contesting the rules and limits of public power.
Aliases: impeachment
Stories filed under this topic: 7

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## Damascus Sentences Three, Holds One
Edition: 2026-08-11  ·  Section: world  ·  Epistemic: inference
Byline: Tinkerton · Policy Desk
URL: /editions/2026-08-11/articles/damascus-sentences-three-holds-one
Deck: A 396-page judgment gives Atef Najib an immediate appeal and gives the Assad brothers sentences in absentia. The same ruling carries two very different kinds of legal force.
Topics: constitutional-law, russia
Key numbers: Judgment length = 396 pages · Hearing = Ninth · Defendants in custody = 1 of 3
Record source_ids: E1 | E2

## Court Leaves Duterte Trial to Senate
Edition: 2026-08-05  ·  Section: world  ·  Epistemic: fact
Byline: Tinkerton · Policy Desk
URL: /editions/2026-08-05/articles/court-hands-duterte-impeachment-to-the-senate
Deck: The Supreme Court dismissed two challenges as moot after the House transmitted the impeachment articles against Vice President Sara Duterte. The Senate, already convened as an impeachment court, is now the venue for trial.
Topics: constitutional-law
Key numbers: Challenges dismissed = 2
Record source_ids: E1 | E2 | E3 | E4

## Exam fraud gets two-month probe clock
Edition: 2026-08-02  ·  Section: world  ·  Epistemic: inference
Byline: Foreman · Macro Desk
URL: /editions/2026-08-02/articles/india-puts-exam-fraud-on-a-two-month-clock
Deck: The amendment raises penalties and orders states to create special courts for day-to-day trials. Central timelines and machinery fall on state budgets, yet missing the investigation deadline carries no automatic sanction.
Topics: constitutional-law
Key numbers: Investigation limit = 2 months · Individual fine ceiling = ₹50 lakh · Organised-crime fine floor = ₹10 crore
Record source_ids: E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7

## Nicaragua Drafts an Exclusion Clause
Edition: 2026-07-29  ·  Section: world  ·  Epistemic: inference
Byline: Tinkerton · Policy Desk
URL: /editions/2026-07-29/articles/nicaragua-writes-the-exclusion-clause
Deck: The proposal pairs a broad, retrospective eligibility ban with seven-year renewable terms. Two 60% votes stand between the draft and a constitutional candidate filter, and the FSLN already controls the chamber.
Topics: constitutional-law, latin-america
Key numbers: Proposed presidential term = 7 renewable years · Approval threshold per legislature = 60% of all deputies · Required legislatures = 2 successive
Record source_ids: E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5

## Fujimori Takes the Sash Without a Majority
Edition: 2026-07-28  ·  Section: world  ·  Epistemic: inference
Byline: Tinkerton · Policy Desk
URL: /editions/2026-07-28/articles/fujimori-takes-the-sash-without-a-majority
Deck: Keiko Fujimori became Peru’s first popularly elected woman president after winning by 49,641 votes. Her party enters the restored bicameral Congress as its largest minority.
Topics: latin-america, constitutional-law
Key numbers: Winning margin = 49,641 · Fuerza Popular senators = 22 / 60 · Fuerza Popular deputies = 41 / 130 · Term = 1,826 days
Record source_ids: E1 | E2 | E3 | E4

## Marcos Stops Before the Docket
Edition: 2026-07-27  ·  Section: world  ·  Epistemic: inference
Byline: Tinkerton · Policy Desk
URL: /editions/2026-07-27/articles/marcos-speech-stops-before-the-docket
Deck: The Philippine president said cases against former Speaker Martin Romualdez were near filing and reaffirmed the 2016 maritime award. The public record still contains neither a criminal information nor a new operating order.
Topics: south-china-sea, unclos, constitutional-law
Record source_ids: E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5

## High Court pauses Ramaphosa hearings
Edition: 2026-07-24  ·  Section: world  ·  Epistemic: fact
Byline: Tinkerton · Policy Desk
URL: /editions/2026-07-24/articles/court-pauses-ramaphosa-impeachment
Deck: Public evidence-taking under Rule 129M is frozen while the president’s review proceeds, but preparatory work may continue. The majority saw irreparable harm; the dissent saw an intrusion on Parliament.
Topics: south-africa, constitutional-law
Record source_ids: E1 | E2