Ukraine president to honor court ruling, presses for constitutional change News
Ukraine president to honor court ruling, presses for constitutional change

[JURIST] In his first public reaction to Friday's Supreme Court decision (reported here on JURIST's Paper Chase), outgoing Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma said Monday that he will honor the Court's call for a repeat presidential runoff election. Kuchma also said Monday that he will continue to work for constitutional changes that would weaken the presidency and give more power to the parliament. As reported in Paper Chase, the Ukrainian Parliament adjourned for ten days Saturday after opposition lawmakers refused to link reform of the Central Election Commission with constitutional changes to the presidency. AP has more. Paper Chase has ongoing coverage of the situation in Ukraine.

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US Congress passed "starve or sell" bill pressuring Sioux to give up Black Hills

On August 15, 1876, two months after the Battle of Little Big Horn, the US Congress passed a "starve or sell" bill providing that no further appropriations would be made for the subsistence of the Sioux nation unless they gave up the Black Hills, where General George C. Custer had found gold in 1874.

Liberia and South Korea established

On August 15, 1824, a group of freed slaves from the United States founded Liberia. South Korea was also established on August 15 in 1948. Read the constitutions of South Korea and Liberia.