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  1. united states - Does the US President have authority to rename a ...

    Jan 20, 2025 · In his 2nd inaugural address, Donald Trump said that among his first actions he intends to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and Denali back to Mt McKinley. Since Denali is …

  2. Is there a precedent in Western countries where a state court has ...

    Dec 21, 2023 · Is there a precedent in Western countries where a state court has prohibited a candidate from running for office? Colorado's Supreme Court has recently issued a ruling stating that former …

  3. Have POTUS pardons before 2025 included wording that they are not ...

    Jan 21, 2025 · First of all, if it is "dicta" rather than a holding of an issue actually before it, the precedent isn't binding. What often happens is that decisions are decided inconsistently with the hold precedent …

  4. Can the President of the United States ignore the Supreme Court ...

    Apr 15, 2021 · If the President (and their administration) considered the Supreme Court to be politically "illegitimate", would they be able to ignore its rulings? Is there any precedent for this?

  5. Is it possible to call an Early Presidential Election in the US?

    Mar 19, 2018 · This position was the reason for the conduct of the Civil War and is now a powerful non-judicial constitutional precedent in the U.S. Therefore, in the eyes of the winners of the Civil War, …

  6. Can the US president legally kill at will? - Politics Stack Exchange

    Jul 3, 2024 · So why is Judge Sotomayor, and others, implying that this precedent allows the US president to kill people at will? I'm inclined to think that Justice Sotomayor had a variety of reasons, …

  7. Does Charles III have any political power in Australia, as head of ...

    Dec 31, 2024 · We don't seem to have had this question before. As someone rather unkeen to have Chales III as my head of state in Canada, knowing which actual prerogatives come with the title is of …

  8. united states - What happens if a current or former US president ...

    Nov 10, 2024 · I don't think it is predicting the future. If you want to look at it another way, you could see it as asking 'what does the current legal framework (including precedent from previous similar cases, …

  9. Why doesn't Russia recognize Kosovo if it uses the Kosovo precedent …

    The Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Crimea written in 2014 explicitly mentions Kosovo as a precedent for unilateral declarations of independence. This declaration of independence was

  10. united states - If two U.S. Constitutional amendments conflict with ...

    Apr 5, 2021 · @JamesK: Precedent must be examined when trying to resolve situations which are not adequately addressed by any other existing law, but its legitimate authority is limited to such cases. If …