#amend

The purpose that brought the fourteenth amendment into being was equality before the law, and equality, not separation, was written into the law. ↗

— Robert Bork

#before #being #brought #equality #fourteenth

It is time we passed a balanced budget amendment and return this government to limited spending. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#balanced #balanced budget #balanced budget amendment #budget #government

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#another #any #disclosure #display #error

Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. ↗

— Linda Chavez

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I didn't know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. ↗

— Mary Cheney

#banning #bush #constitutional #constitutional amendment #endorse

The 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#consecutive #instead #lifetime #modified #probably

It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment. ↗

— Adrian Cronauer

#amendment #american #american people #constitutional #constitutional amendment

Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime. ↗

— Angela Davis

#amendment #constitution #convicted #crime #did

The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don't. ↗

— Byron Dorgan

#basic #colleagues #constitution #democracy #earth

One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the 1st Amendment. ↗

— William O. Douglas

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