Tag: constitution

• House Resolution 1109

  Atty. Fred Pamaos has posted the full text of House Resolution 1109 (re: Constitutional Amendment or Revision) at Philippine e-Legal Forum. Here’s the bottomline: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS BE CONVENED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO, OR REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION UPON A VOTE OF THREE-FOURTHS OF ALL […]

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  June 5, 2009

  Law

  constitution, constitutional law, Law

• How to Read the Constitution

  Here is an excerpt from U. S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ Wriston Lecture to the Manhattan Institute, the gist of which is: Let me put it this way; there are really only two ways to interpret the Constitution — try to discern as best we can what the framers intended or make it up. […]

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  March 18, 2009

  Law

  constitution, Law, Quotes