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1824 Constitution of Mexico
The 1824 Constitution of Mexico, formally the Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States, promulgated after the fall of Iturbide's empire, divided Mexico into sovereign states and lasted until 1836.
1940 Constitution of Cuba
The 1940 Constitution of Cuba (Constitución de 1940) organized Cuba as an independent, democratic republic with extensive social rights, remaining in force until Batista's 1952 coup.
1947 Constitution of Burma
The 1947 Constitution of Burma was the founding constitution of the independent Union of Burma, in force from independence on 4 January 1948 until the 1962 military coup.
1964 Constitution of Afghanistan
The 1964 Constitution of Afghanistan, promulgated 1 October 1964 under King Mohammed Zahir Shah, made Afghanistan a constitutional monarchy and stood until Mohammad Daoud Khan's coup abolished it in 1973.
1966 Dominican Republic constitutional reform
The 1966 Dominican Republic constitutional reform produced the constitution proclaimed on 28 November 1966, combining liberal and authoritarian traditions after the 1965 civil war and US intervention.
1976 Constitution of Cuba
The 1976 Constitution of Cuba (Constitución de la República de Cuba) is the socialist constitution adopted by referendum on 24 February 1976, which organized state power around the Assemblies of People's Power.
1987 Constitution of Haiti
The 1987 Constitution of Haiti is the fundamental law of Haiti, approved by referendum in 1987 after the fall of the Duvalier dictatorship, establishing a semi-presidential republic.
1991 Constitution of Burkina Faso
The 1991 Constitution of Burkina Faso is the fundamental law adopted by referendum on 2 June 1991, which established the Fourth Republic and its semi-presidential system.
1992 Constitution of Ghana
The 1992 Constitution of Ghana is the supreme law of Ghana, approved by referendum in April 1992 and in force since 1993 as the founding instrument of the Fourth Republic.
1992 Peruvian self-coup
The 1992 Peruvian self-coup, known in Spanish as the autogolpe or Fujimorazo, saw President Alberto Fujimori dissolve Congress and suspend the constitution on 5 April 1992, ruling by decree until 2000.
1997 Constitution of Eritrea
The 1997 Constitution of Eritrea is the ratified supreme law of Eritrea, approved by a Constituent Assembly on 23 May 1997 but never implemented, so Eritrea still operates without it.
1998 Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly
The 1998 Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly (Asamblea Nacional Constituyente 1997–1998) was a 70-member body convened in 1997 that wrote Ecuador's Constitution of 1998, chaired by former president Osvaldo Hurtado.
2005 Burundian constitution
The 2005 Burundian constitution is the fundamental law of Burundi, promulgated on 18 March 2005 to end a transitional period and establish power-sharing democracy with entrenched ethnic quotas.
2007 Kazakh constitutional amendments
The 2007 Kazakh constitutional amendments were changes to Kazakhstan's 1995 Constitution adopted in May 2007, shifting the country toward a presidential-parliamentary system while exempting the first president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, from term limits.
2019–2022 Chilean constitutional process
The 2019–2022 Chilean constitutional process was an attempt to replace Chile's 1980 constitution with a draft written by an elected Constitutional Convention, which 62 percent of voters rejected in 2022.
2022 Liberian citizenship reform
The 2022 Liberian citizenship reform was a law signed by President George Weah in July 2022 legalizing dual citizenship and letting Liberian mothers pass citizenship to children born abroad.
2025 Delaney Hall oversight incident
The May 9, 2025 Delaney Hall oversight incident: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka's trespassing arrest and Rep. LaMonica McIver's scuffle with ICE agents during an unannounced congressional inspection, leading to federal charges and Speech or Debate Clause litigation.
21st Century ROAD to Housing Act
The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (P.L. 119-101), also called the ROAD to Housing Act, is a 2026 US federal housing law combining S. 2651 and H.R. 6644; enacted July 11, 2026 without Trump's signature, it streamlines permitting, removes the manufactured-home chassis rule, raises FHA loan limits, and limits institutional investors to 350 single-family homes.
A Letter Concerning Toleration
Locke's 1689 Epistola de Tolerantia, written in Latin exile in Holland, argues the magistrate cannot coerce belief, defines church and state spheres, excludes atheists and Catholics, and shaped the First Amendment.
Abolition of the indigénat
The abolition of the indigénat was the dismantling, between 1944 and 1946, of the regime of summary administrative sanctions France applied to colonial subjects across its empire.
Abortion in the United States
Abortion in the United States: legal status set state by state after Dobbs (2022) overruled Roe. About 1,126,000 clinician-provided abortions in 2025; 63% medication; 13 total-ban states; 142,000 interstate travelers.
Abortion law in the United States by state
Abortion law in the United States is set state by state. After the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade in 2022, 13 states banned abortion outright.
Abuse of power
Abuse of power, or misuse of entrusted authority (détournement de pouvoir), covers official misconduct, corruption, and executive overreach; policed by judicial review, impeachment, and accountability institutions.
Act of Settlement 1701
Act of Settlement 1701: English statute securing the Protestant succession by placing the crown with Sophia of Hanover's heirs, barring Catholics, and establishing judicial tenure during good behavior; produced George I in 1714.
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, the 1807 U.S. federal statute (2 Stat. 426) signed by Jefferson, banning slave importation from January 1, 1808, the earliest constitutional date, with forfeitures and prison terms, while leaving slavery and the domestic trade legal until 1865.
Additional Act of 1834
The Additional Act of 1834 (Ato Adicional de 1834) was the sole constitutional amendment of the Empire of Brazil, creating elected provincial assemblies and a single regent.
Administrative law
Administrative law, also called administrative law doctrine, governs the creation and operation of government agencies, their rulemaking and adjudication, and judicial review, defined by the US APA and reshaped by Loper Bright, Jarkesy, and Slaughter.
Admission to the Union
Admission to the Union, also known as US statehood, is the constitutional process by which a territory becomes a US state under the Admissions Clause.
Age restrictions on energy drinks by country
Country-by-country minimum purchase ages for high-caffeine energy drinks: England bans sales to under 16s from April 2027, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Romania, and others use 18, Norway 16, Kazakhstan 21, while the US has no federal age limit.
Ahed Tamimi
Ahed Tamimi (عهد التميمي), Palestinian activist born 2001 in Nabi Saleh; jailed eight months in 2018 after a viral slapping video, arrested again November 2023 and released in truce deal.