Presidential Succession Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the House Committee on the Judiciary, 108th Congress

Examines the need for changes to the Presidential Succession Act which governs the transfer of power in the event that there is a simultaneous vacancy in the office of the presidency and the vice presidency.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/twentyfifth_amendment_congressional_materials/1001/thumbnail.jp

The Adequacy of the Presidential Succession System in the 21st Century: Filling the Gaps and Clarifying the Ambiguities in Constitutional and Extraconstitutional Arrangements

Program for The Adequacy of the Presidential Succession System in the 21st Century symposium, Fordham University School of Law, April 16-17, 2010.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/miscellanea/1001/thumbnail.jp

AS-236-87 Resolution on Responsibilities of the Elections Committee

Amends the election process for election of senators

What is the UK Constitution? Find out with the new version of Constitute

A new version of Constitute is now available online. Constitute is a website for reading, searching and comparing constitutions from across the world.The new version has many new features and includes a number of new constitutions, including that of the UK. This will provide a tool for comparing extant UK constitutional laws with constitutional texts from across the globe

AS-201-86 Resolution on Bylaws for the Status of Women Standing Committee of the Academic Senate

Bylaws addition to establish the membership of the Status of Women Committee

AS-379-92 Resolution on Voter Eligibility

Modifies the definition of voting members of the General Faculty

AS-358-91 Resolution on Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee

Revises bylaws to require membership from different schools on the DTA Committee whenever possible

Of Time, Place, and the Alaska Constitution

This Article places the Alaska Constitution in historical perspective by comparing it with other state constitutions. It first considers how the convention delegates’ need to satisfy four audiences—Congress, Alaska residents who would ratify the constitution, those who would live under the constitution, and posterity—affected the constitution’s design. It next shows how the Alaska Constitution reflects the fact that it is the state’s first constitution, that it is a western constitution, and that it is a mid-twentieth-century constitution. Finally, it compares the Alaska Constitution with the Hawaii Constitution, which was drafted at the same time