Timeline for Does the Constitution allow a woman to be President of the United States?
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
Post Revisions
26 events
| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2022 at 11:07 | comment | added | Stack Exchange Broke The Law | @user91988 No, it is not generic. However, it may have been generic when the US constitution was written. | |
| Dec 14, 2020 at 0:48 | comment | added | WS2 | PS When David Cameron first raised this for discussion with Julia Gillard PM of Australia, her response was said to have been "Quite right too, David, every Sheila deserves a chance!" | |
| Dec 14, 2020 at 0:45 | comment | added | WS2 | @SteveMelnikoff Yes - good point. And of course the male primogeniture rule as regards succession to the throne has been removed in all countries which recognise the British monarch as Head of State - e.g. Canada, Australia, New Zealand - so that an older daughter stands before any sons. However, provided there is no interruption to the present succession by premature death, it makes no difference since the three next generations contain an older male - Charles, William, George. So if normal circumstances prevail, we cannot have another Queen regnant, until the twenty-second century. | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 11:34 | comment | added | Steve Melnikoff | @WS2: in the UK, it's made explicit in section 6 of the Interpretation Act 1978: "In any Act, unless the contrary intention appears,[...] words importing the masculine gender include the feminine" (and vice versa, and singular implies plural). Is there an equivalent in US law? | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 14:07 | comment | added | WS2 | The problem has not arisen in Britain, with either of our two female prime ministers, since Britain is not hamstrung with a written constitution. Whoever the Queen appoints is PM - end of argument. She could, in theory, appoint one of her many horses - in the way that the Emperor Caligula appointed his horse as Consul. However I take comfort from the fact that it has never happened, and that the appointee would not last long if they failed a confidence vote in the House of Commons. | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 6:30 | comment | added | Déjà vu | @user91988 In English, the singular "they" could be used in this case. | |
| Sep 4, 2020 at 15:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackPolitics/status/1301897828311224322 | ||
| Sep 3, 2020 at 0:03 | answer | added | Nat | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 2, 2020 at 22:13 | comment | added | Mithridates the Great | A better question, regardless of if the US constitution allows a woman to be POTUS or not, is that: Will people of the US vote a woman to be POTUS? Answer is the chance is too low. | |
| Sep 2, 2020 at 16:50 | comment | added | PoloHoleSet | This certainly puts a bit of a twist on the current trend in gender identification and pronoun use. | |
| Sep 2, 2020 at 16:31 | comment | added | user91988 | In English, "he" is the generic third-person pronoun. This does not refer to only men. Case closed. | |
| Sep 2, 2020 at 14:38 | answer | added | Michael Mormon | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 2, 2020 at 5:23 | comment | added | vsz | @Headcrab : and, in Canada, potentially send to prison those who disagree. Unlikely to happen, but not impossible. | |
| Sep 1, 2020 at 2:56 | answer | added | Ryan | timeline score: 6 | |
| Aug 31, 2020 at 21:06 | comment | added | Eric Lippert | If the subject of how this question was resolved in other countries interests you, you might wish to look at the bizarre history of the "Persons case" in Canada. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_v_Canada_(AG) Amongst its oddities is the fact that at the time, the Supreme Court of Canada was not the supreme court of Canada, and that women were determined by the supreme court to be persons when the law restricts the rights of a person, but not qualified persons when the law requires a qualification for office. Truly a low moment for Canada. | |
| Aug 31, 2020 at 1:11 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Aug 30, 2020 at 20:26 | answer | added | what number you wanted | timeline score: 13 | |
| Aug 30, 2020 at 20:10 | answer | added | James K | timeline score: 61 | |
| Aug 30, 2020 at 19:36 | history | edited | James K | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
I've reduced the examples to a single one, that makes the point more clearly
|
| Aug 30, 2020 at 18:59 | history | edited | Martin Schröder |
edited tags
|
|
| Aug 30, 2020 at 18:04 | answer | added | Ted Wrigley | timeline score: 8 | |
| Aug 30, 2020 at 17:25 | review | Close votes | |||
| Aug 30, 2020 at 19:00 | |||||
| Aug 30, 2020 at 17:19 | answer | added | Just Me | timeline score: 113 | |
| Aug 30, 2020 at 17:19 | answer | added | Joe C | timeline score: 84 | |
| Aug 30, 2020 at 17:11 | review | First posts | |||
| Aug 30, 2020 at 17:28 | |||||
| Aug 30, 2020 at 17:08 | history | asked | Alex | CC BY-SA 4.0 |