Supreme Court rules state assemblies must follow due process in removal proceedings
The judgment sets out the steps assemblies must follow before removing a governor or deputy, and clarifies what happens when they are skipped.
Topic
Constitution
What the new transmission rules actually require
A plain-language guide to the obligations the bill creates, who is responsible for each step, and what happens when something goes wrong.
Governors and the limits of executive orders
Executive orders are being used to do work that legislation is supposed to do. The courts have started to notice.
Understanding the standard of proof in civil claims
The balance of probabilities is often described as a simple comparison. In practice it is a rule about who loses when the evidence is evenly matched.