Constitution

Following Steven Donziger’s appeal to the appointing of three special prosecutors to his controversial contempt of court case, every justice, with the exception of Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, refused to give Donziger a hearing for his appeal and let the conviction stand, raising concerns about constitutional rights. Here is the dissent by Justices […]

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Seventy-five years ago, Nuremberg prosecutor David Maxwell Fyfe – an artisan of the European Convention on Human Rights – spoke in Brussels of his fear that the high ideals of the victors would be forgotten. His grandson explores why his legacy matters now more than ever

Nearly 100 areas of concern for UK democracy are highlighted in a worrying new report

'We can't continue to have a situation in which the government is allowed to set and mark its own homework', says campaigner Jennifer Nadel

The party's consultation process for the next manifesto has just closed – as democracy groups call on the Labour Leader to seize the mantle of reform, Josiah Mortimer reports

Only when England can see itself as England will it be possible to challenge the idea that Britain is England, writes former Labour MP John Denham

An exclusive poll for Byline Times finds only a minority of voters would choose to remain in the UK if given the option to emigrate to another country

An unearthed paper suggests there are fears at the very top of Parliament that democracy is under threat, reports Josiah Mortimer

By Ralph Nader / RalphNader.org No other institutions consistently Rule over as Much in the World as the Giant Global Corporations – not governments, not armies, not religions and certainly not trade unions. These fictional corporate entities have largely achieved transcendent imperial status, as they amass coordinated control over capital, labor, technology and governments because […]

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Up to two million people could be denied a vote unless they apply for ID – and even those with ID could be turned away by polling staff, reports Josiah Mortimer