Should the final say on what the Constitution does or does not mean rest exclusively with seven unelected people? TP O’Mahony weighs up the evidence and looks at the judicial activism of the Irish Supreme Court.

R&A chief executive Martin Slumbers insists the organisation should "stay out of politics" after revealing its relationship with Turnberry owner Donald Trump has not changed since he became US President.

Nigel Farage has insisted Donald Trump will have to deal with Theresa May, despite her top team being "rude" about him.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

For the first time in nine months a national poll in the US has Donald Trump in front of Hillary Clinton in the race to become President ot the United States.

The only sure thing is that Bill will be the most powerful first spouse in American history. And very possibly the most destructive, writes Nina Burleigh

The first person to introduce John Fitzgerald Kennedy in public as “the next President of the United States” was from Kanturk, Co Cork.

Samuel L. Jackson will star in action movie 'Big Game'.

Bob Woodward’s recent flap reveals a grotesquely swollen ego fed by 40 years of hero worship. Max Holland asks: why is this man an icon?

Paper Promises: Money Debt and the new World Order

YES, the publishing industry is reeling these days, but surely authors can find less disruptive ways to promote their works than hauling off and throwing a copy at the president of the United States.

Madonna opened the MTV Video Music Awards 2009 in New York with a personal tribute to Michael Jackson, accusing herself and the world of “abandoning him”.

BARACK OBAMA’S first test as president came as he was being sworn in. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, John Roberts, got the presidential oath wrong.

Irish and American supporters of Barack Obama are celebrating their candidate's election as President of the United States.

The next president of the United States will maintain his or her country’s strong links with Stormont, Martin McGuinness predicted today.

The first President of the United States, George Washington, has assisted a leading Irish university to land a prestigious research project, it emerged today.

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Israel not to complicate the path to peace with the Palestinians through new Jewish settlements just as the date approaches for Israelis to fulfil a promise to leave other, established settlements.

Former United States President Bill Clinton today slammed what he called the “unilateral” foreign policy of the Bush administration.

A WOMAN who has been the subject of rumours linking her to Senator John Kerry last night denied she ever had an affair with the Democratic presidential candidate.

United States President George Bush said tonight he was “determined to figure out why” stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction had not been found in Iraq, as he announced a commission of inquiry.

United States President George Bush gave his most candid speech yet about how religion helped rid him of heavy drinking.

United States President George W Bush will hold his first news conference in more than four months at 3.30pm Irish time (10.30am ET) when he meets reporters in the White House Rose Garden.

One Irish film-maker was particularly saddened by the death of the great Gregory Peck.

ISRAEL yesterday said US president George W Bush was likely to hold a summit with the Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers in Jordan next week to promote a US-backed “road map” for Middle East peace.

The new Palestinian Prime Minister understands that terror against Israel must stop so that making the peace can go forward, United States Secretary of State Colin Powell said today. Israelis told Powell they want to see terror groups dismantled.

United States President George Bush’s twin daughters today faced more speculation about their partying lifestyle from a Hollywood actor.

United States President George W. Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern have issued a joint communique.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today said he would tell United States President George Bush that the United Nations should have a primary role in the reconstruction of Iraq.

United States President George Bush has backed plans to launch a cyber-attack on Iraqi computer networks if war breaks out, it emerged today.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair was today embroiled in a diplomatic row with the Ukraine which marred the closing of Nato’s two-day summit.

US SECRETARY OF STATE Colin Powell has warned that the Bush administration would not be tied to the will of the UN, as the US was taken to task for its draft UN resolution on Iraq, with a majority of Security Council members opposing language which could authorise Washington to launch a war in Baghdad.

United States Secretary of State Colin Powell plans to quit at the end of George Bush’s first term in office, it was reported today.

United States President George W Bush transferred his leadership powers to Vice President Dick Cheney for more than two hours today while he went under sedation for a routine colon screening.

United States Attorney General John Ashcroft today refused to rule out the possibility that Osama bin Laden could be executed if he is captured and sent to America.