France's Hollande drops plan to change constitution enshrining state of emergency and stripping citizenship

<p>French President François Hollande abandoned a plan to strengthen his hand in fighting terrorism by amending France’s constitution, showing how political pressure at home is undermining his law-and-order response to&nbsp;<a class="icon none" href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/paris-attacks-plot-was-hatched-in-plain-sight-1448587309">the&nbsp;Nov. 13&nbsp;attacks</a>.</p><p>Mr. Hollande said&nbsp;Wednesday&nbsp;he would no longer&nbsp;<a class="icon none" href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/france-moves-to-shield-emergency-measures-from-legal-challenge-1450873849">seek to pass two constitutional amendments</a>&nbsp;that would have enshrined the government’s power to declare a state of emergency and to strip some convicted terrorists of their French citizenship.</p>
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