Australians will soon vote on a constitutional amendment to establish the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, a body to advise the government on matters relating to Indigenous Peoples. Support for the Voice has declined since last year, and it now appears the amendment might fail. But there is still time to turn the tide: voting day is October 14.

Recently published: a new book on the role of the United Nations in political transitions, with case studies of Afghanistan, Cambodia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and East Timor.

Graduate students of all levels are welcome to the 2nd Graduate Conference on Constitutional Change at the University of Texas at Austin on January 11-13, 2024. More details here.

In her latest book, Julie Suk draws from constitutional innovations in the world to create a blueprint for achieving true equality in the United States.

My papers on unamendable constitutional rules have been translated into Persian and published as a book by Iranian publisher Majd. The title in English is Constitutional Unamendability in Theory and Practice.

Last week, Carlos Bernal spoke with students in my course on Constitutional Amendments in the U.S. and the World about the doctrine of unconstitutional amendment. He shaped the doctrine as a scholar and later applied it as a judge on the Constitutional Court of Colombia.