|
| |
| | Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Amendment V (the Fifth Amendment) of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, is related to legal procedure. | | | Maryland 395 U.S.), the Supreme Court "incorporated" the clause under the Fourteenth Amendment, meaning that state courts were now required to honor the protections of the Fifth Amendment in state criminal proceedings as well. | | | The just compensation provision of the Fifth Amendment did not originally apply directly to the states, but the federal courts now hold that the Fourteenth Amendment extended the effects of that provision to the states. |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
(3432 words)
|
|
| |
| | Constitutional amendment - definition of Constitutional amendment in Encyclopedia |
| | Amendments to the constitution of the US are appended to the end of the original text, as are those to the constitution of Venezuela. | | | On the other hand, an amendment to the constitution of the US state of Massachusetts must first be endorsed by a special majority in the legislature during two consecutive terms, and is then submitted to a referendum. | | | Article V of the United States Constitution, ratified in 1788, prohibited any amendments before 1808 which would affect slavery, and further provided that "no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of it's [sic] equal suffrage in the Senate" at any time. |
|
http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Constitutional_amendment
(1169 words)
|
|
| |
| | Constitutional amendment - Free Encyclopedia |
| | With the United States Constitution, amendments are appended to the original text, which in itself is not modified. | | | The term constitutional amendment usually refers to a special procedure by which a constitution may be altered. | | | In either case, amendments must have the approval of three-fourths of the states before they enter into force. |
|
http://www.wacklepedia.com/c/co/constitutional_amendment.html
(335 words)
|
|
| |
| | FindLaw: U.S. Constitution: Amendments |
| | The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed. | | | The amendment was rejected by Delaware on January 18, 1804, and by Connecticut at its session begun May 10, 1804. | | | The amendment was rejected by Utah on February 26, 1913. |
|
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendments.html
(3847 words)
|
|
| |
| | PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDME |
| | As required by the Constitution, these proposed amendments in their entirety are on file in the office of the judge of the probate court in each county and are available for public inspection. | | | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the Supreme Court shall have jurisdiction over questions of law from any state appellate or federal district or appellate court; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes. | | | A copy of this entire proposed amendment is on file in the office of the judge of the probate court and is available for public inspection. |
|
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/elections/2004_constitutional_amendments.htm
(979 words)
|
|
| |
| | Constitutional Amendments - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net |
| | The amendment as passed may specify whether the bill must be passed by the state legislatures or by a state convention. | | | Regardless of which of the two proposal routes is taken, the amendment must be approved by three-fourths of states. | | | This page will detail the amendment procedure as spelled out in the Constitution, and will also list some of the Amendments that have not been passed, as well as give a list of some amendments proposed in Congress during several of the past sessions. |
|
http://www.usconstitution.net/constam.html
(1047 words)
|
|
| |
| | USS Clueless - Marriage amendment |
| | Amendment Ten: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. | | | As of 1959, 38 of 50 states have to approve amendments for ratification. | | | And the Tenth Amendment tells the courts that the grants of power to the Federal government should be interpreted narrowly. |
|
http://www.denbeste.nu/cd_log_entries/2003/08/Marriageamendment.shtml
(4240 words)
|
|
| |
| | SPLCenter.org: Attacking the 14th Amendment |
| | The "Fourteenth Amendment citizens" are subject to federal law because their very citizenship emanates from the rights granted by the federal government, whereas the "organic sovereigns" are not subject to federal law. | | | Calling the Fourteenth Amendment the most "nefarious consequence of the Reconstruction," the neo-Confederate League of the South attacks the validity of the Amendment on the ground that its ratification was fraudulent. | | | Born from the ashes of the Civil War, the Fourteenth Amendment expanded notions of citizenship to include African-Americans by providing that "[a]ll persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside." |
|
http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=266
(727 words)
|
|
| |
| | POWER, LEGITIMACY, AND THE 14th AMENDMENT by Joseph Fallon |
| | Thanks to folly, hubris, and the 14th Amendment, the government of the United States is faithfully following in the footsteps of ancient Rome—from republic to empire to oblivion. | | | Without the 14th Amendment, the federal government is deprived of a principal source of its power. | | | It was never constitutionally ratified, and, thus, acts of the government of the United States that are based on the 14th Amendment are actually illegitimate. |
|
http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/Chronicles/March2002/032002Fallon.htm
(1321 words)
|
|
| |
| | Conservatives push gay marriage ban / Constitutional amendment sought |
| | Many read that as support for a constitutional amendment, given that the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act already requires marriage to be between a man and a woman for federal purposes, such as in the case of taxes and immigration law, and authorizes states to ignore any same-sex marriages granted by other states. | | | Roger Pilon, vice president for legal affairs at the libertarian Cato Institute, said the problem with the amendment is that "it defines marriage for the entire country, which I find inconsistent with the federalism principle at the core of the Constitution. | | | Conservatives who have long warned that the federal government has too much power over the states find a constitutional amendment depriving states of one of their most long-standing jurisdictions -- marriage laws -- highly unpalatable. |
|
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/08/13/GAYS.TMP
(1214 words)
|
|
| |
| | Proposed Constitutional Amendments |
| | Any provision of state constitutional law that may prohibit or limit the authority of a political subdivision of the state to incur debt does not apply to those loans or grants. | | | HJR 6 would provide that marriage in Texas is solely the union of a man and woman, and that the state and its political subdivisions could not create or recognize any legal status identical to or similar to marriage, including such legal status relationships created outside of Texas. | | | "The constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail to a criminal defendant who violates a condition of the defendant's release pending trial." |
|
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/2005novconsamend.shtml
(917 words)
|
|
| |
| | Gay News From 365Gay.com |
| | In order to add an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, a resolution must first be passed by two-thirds of each chamber of Congress. | | | "The amendment should fully protect marriage while leaving state legislatures free to make their own choices in defining legal arrangements other than marriage," the President said. | | | It must then be ratified by three-fourths of state legislatures, who have up to seven years to approve any such amendment. |
|
http://www.365gay.com/newscon04/02/022404bushAmend.htm
(441 words)
|
|
| |
| | KSL News: Sides Prepare for Battle Over Same-Sex Amendment |
| | Lawsuits are anticipated on that portion of the Amendment, but groups like the ACLU are in no hurry to take the matter to court, preferring to wait until individual cases help expose the Amendments' legal flaws, it says. | | | The same-sex marriage issue is not over, despite a constitutional amendment. | | | A Utah group is preparing for legal challenges to Defense of Marriage Laws Nationwide--those similar to Utah's own Amendment Three. |
|
http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=133817
(400 words)
|
|
| |
| | Arkansas News Bureau - Most Arkansas U.S. House members support gay marriage amendment |
| | Titled "An Amendment Concerning Marriage," it defines marriage as consisting "only of the union of one man and one woman." The amendment stipulates that legal status for unmarried people which is similar or identical to marital status will not be valid or recognized in Arkansas. | | | In July, the state certified the proposal as Amendment 3 after a group called the Arkansas Marriage Amendment Committee collected enough signatures to place it on the ballot. | | | But the Arkansas ballot initiative is being challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, which has filed a petition with the state Supreme Court asking that it be removed from the ballot. |
|
http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2004/09/30/WashingtonDCBureau/294729.html
(842 words)
|
|
| |
| | Senate Amendment on Uniform Standards for Interrogation of Detainees |
| | For the information of my colleagues, the second amendment, which would be before the Senate for consideration at a different time, basically says that cruel and inhumane treatment will not be inflicted upon any prisoner, and we would adhere to the Geneva Conventions as well as other international agreements concerning the treatment of prisoners. | | | But on this issue it says this amendment would prohibit cruel and inhumane and degrading treatment of prisoners in the detention of the U.S. Government, and it is basically fairly straightforward and simple, as I read. | | | President, I asked that amendment be read because there may be various interpretations of what this amendment is and what it means. |
|
http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2005_cr/s072505.html
(14107 words)
|
|
| |
| | Senate vote looms on amendment banning flag burning - March 28, 2000 |
| | His amendment would make flag desecration illegal only under certain circumstances and would include penalties of one year in jail and a $100,000 fine for those who damage the flag with the intent to incite violence. | | | Hatch is the chief sponsor of the Senate measure. | | | "Our amendment is necessary because the Supreme Court has given us no choice in the matter," Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said in reference to rulings that overturned state statutes prohibiting flag burning. |
|
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ALLPOLITICS/stories/03/28/flag.burn
(1288 words)
|
|
| |
| | TONA Research Committee - The Thirteenth Article of Amendment |
| | state required to ratify the above article of amendment to the Constitution For The United States, thus making it the Law Of The Land. | | | We now know that the original 13th Amendment was, and still is, the Law Of The Land. | | | It is designed to combat internal subversion and discord sowed by people who are adhering to powers foreign to the Congress of the United States without stepping across the bold Constitutional line of treason. |
|
http://www.amendment-13.org
(1041 words)
|
|
| |
| | Same-sex marriage ban of 'national importance' / BUSH DIGS IN: He calls for constitutional amendment |
| | A constitutional amendment would remove the legal ambiguity surrounding the rights of San Francisco or the state of Massachusetts to grant marriage licenses and would bar any municipality from permitting members of the same sex to marry. | | | A proposed amendment now pending in Congress contains ambiguous language regarding domestic partnerships, which are permitted under California law. | | | President Bush did not submit to Congress a proposed amendment banning same-sex marriage, nor did he endorse any particular piece of pending legislation. |
|
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/02/25/MNGNG57QKI1.DTL
(1532 words)
|
|
| |
| | What the Supreme Court said abouththe Second Amendment |
| | The Commonplace Second Amendment, which argues that the Second Amendment follows a common pattern of constitutional drafting from the Early Republic: there is a “purpose clause,” followed by a main clause. | | | These cases suggest that the Justices of the Supreme Court do now and usually have regarded the Second Amendment “right of the people to keep and bear arms” as an individual right, rather than as a right of state governments. | | | The federal district court dismissed the indictment on the grounds that the National Firearms Act violated the Second Amendment. |
|
http://www.apfn.org/apfn/2nd.htm
(1629 words)
|
|
| |
| | KSL News: Shurtleff Talked With Church Official Before Opposing Amendment |
| | The three candidates released a joint statement saying that wording of the amendment would deny a group of citizens the right to approach the Legislature to seek benefits and would be vulnerable to legal challenge. | | | Scott McCoy, campaign manager of the Don't Amend Alliance, which opposes the amendment, says it is telling that the church has not endorsed Amendment 3. | | | The church's First Presidency issued a statement in May backing constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. |
|
http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=115353
(400 words)
|
|
| |
| | NoGayMarriage.com -- Help Save Marriage! Sign the Marriage Protection Amendment petition |
| | There are cases in several courts across the country in which the pro-homosexual marriage proponents are attempting to get an activist judge to legalize homosexual marriage. | | | We need the Marriage Protection Amendment, which defines marriage as being only between one man and one woman, in our Constitution to keep activist judges from forcing their view of marriage on every American. | | | I urge you to pass the Marriage Protection Amendment defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman only. |
|
http://www.nogaymarriage.com
(484 words)
|
|
| |
| | The Lautenberg Amendment: Soldiers Convicted of Domestic Violence |
| | The Amendment also makes it a felony for anyone to sell or issue a firearm or ammunition to a person with such a conviction. | | | This document is designed to provide a brief summary of the Amendment and tell you where to go for further answers. | | | Commanders must establish procedures to ensure compliance with the law to include procedures for soldiers with qualifying convictions who desire to withdraw their privately owned weapons from unit arms rooms. |
|
http://www.riley.army.mil/view/article.asp?id=827-2002-08-09-41021-5
(645 words)
|
|
| |
| | HRC Federal Constitutional Marriage Amendment |
| | The wide margin by which the amendment failed to pass represents that at the end of the day, this amendment is simply too extreme. | | | Sixty percent of Americans believe that same sex couples should have marriage or civil unions, something this amendment would permanently prohibit.The amendment would also prohibit state legislatures from making their own determinations on marriage for same-sex couples in the future. | | | The Marriage Protection Amendment is not an American priority. |
|
http://www.hrc.org/Template.cfm?Section=Federal_Constitutional_Marriage_Amendment&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=23&ContentID=14937
(514 words)
|
|
| |
| | Wired News: RIAA Wants to Hack Your PC |
| | RIAA-drafted amendment according to a draft obtained by Wired News would immunize all copyright holders -- including the movie and e-book industry -- for any data losses caused by their hacking efforts or other computer intrusions "that are reasonably intended to impede or prevent" electronic piracy. | | | Mitch Glazier said that his association has abandoned plans to insert that amendment into anti-terrorism bills -- and instead is supporting a revised amendment that takes a more modest approach. | | | But Glazier said he could not provide a copy of the revised amendment he hopes to include. |
|
http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47552,00.html
(754 words)
|
|
| |
| | STPP's Transfer Newsletter |
| | By agreement, dozens of amendments were incorporated into the legislation during deliberations on the legislation. | | | the intent of the language in the Harkin amendment. | | | Senator Bond cited the many existing features of the SAFETEA legislation to support his claim that the Harkin amendment was not needed, noting the legislation’s continuing support for the Transportation Enhancements program and other initiatives. |
|
http://www.transact.org/transfer/trans05/05_24.asp
(1871 words)
|
|
| |
| | Houston Voice Online |
| | Robert Talton (R-Pasadena) tacked the amendment onto Senate Bill 6, which calls for the restructuring of the foster care system. | | | This time, he bypassed committee hearings by adding the amendment directly onto the bill. | | | Texas Rep. Robert Talton (R-Pasadena) tacked an amendment that would prohibit gays and lesbians from serving as foster parents onto a foster care overhaul bill. |
|
http://www.houstonvoice.com/2005/4-22/news/localnews/amend60.cfm
(1226 words)
|
|
| |
| | ADAH: Alabama Moments (Boswell Amendment--Bibliography) |
| | Includes information on the NAACP's efforts to have the Boswell amendment overturned. | | | Brief article on the origin, purpose, and results of amendment. | | | "Boswell Amendment." Encyclopedia of African-American Civil Rights From Emancipation to the Present, p. |
|
http://www.alabamamoments.state.al.us/sec53bib.html
(135 words)
|
|
| |
| | U.S. Senate: Reference Home > Glossary > amendment |
| | Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, the Senate must agree to it. | | | amendment - A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. | | | U.S. Senate: Reference Home > Glossary > amendment |
|
http://www.senate.gov/reference/glossary_term/amendment.htm
(170 words)
|
|
| |
| | Text of McCain Amendment |
| | McCain Amendment in the final version of the FY 2006 Defense Appropriations Bill | | | Torture > Abu Ghraib, Guantánamo > Save McCain Amendment > Text of McCain Amendment |
|
http://www.phrusa.org/research/torture/mccain_text.html
(273 words)
|
|
| |
| | The Club For Growth - The Club for Growth Blog: Senator Coburn Issues a Statement |
| | The other Coburn amendment that was accepted requires the Community Development Block Grant Program run by HUD to cease violating a law that requires them report on their rate of improper payments. | | | The Coburn amendment was offered to H.R. the Transportation, Treasury, HUD, Judiciary and District of Columbia Appropriations Act. | | | The Senate voted to table, or kill, the amendment by a vote of 13 to 86. |
|
http://www.clubforgrowth.org/blog/archives/026380.php
(428 words)
|
|
| |
| | Founding Firearms |
| | Using today’s language, this amendment is difficult to decipher. | | | A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. | | | Tell them it’s time to obey the second amendment and erase gun laws until the second amendment is the only gun law we have. |
|
http://www.lewrockwell.com/edmonds/edmonds101.html
(617 words)
|
|
| |
| | LII: Constitution |
| | Amendment XXVII [Compensation of Members of Congress (1992)] | | | Amendment VIII [Excess Bail or Fines, Cruel and Unusual Punishment (1791)] | | | Amendment XII [Election of President and Vice-President (1804)] |
|
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.table.html
(145 words)
|
|
| |
| | Gay News From 365Gay.com |
| | "As you correctly noted, constitutional amendments such as the one being suggested by Southern Baptists in your state are unnecessary given the fact that Florida already has laws banning gay marriage," Jacques letter stated. | | | "Such an amendment needlessly wastes legislators' time and taxpayers' money in an attempt to write discrimination into your state's Constitution." | | | The governor added, though, that if a court struck down the law he could change his opinion on an amendment. |
|
http://www.365gay.com/newscon04/11/111704BushFla.htm
(335 words)
|
|
| |
| | Amendment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Constitutional amendment - a change made to a written constitution. | | | Soil amendments - materials added to soil to improve plant growth and health. | | | This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amendment
(96 words)
|
|
| |
| | Proposed Statewide Amendment Ballot Language - November 2, 2004 General Election |
| | Click the Act number to review the complete text of the bill that proposes the amendment. | | | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to repeal portions of Section 256 and Amendment 111 relating to separation of schools by race and repeal portions of Amendment 111 concerning constitutional construction against the right to education, and to repeal Section 259, Amendment 90, and Amendment 109 relating to the poll tax. | | | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to provide for the promotion of shrimp and seafood. |
|
http://www.sos.state.al.us/election/2004/statewideamendments.htm
(254 words)
|
|
| |
| | The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article |
| | "I sympathize with this person, but it's really not any different than a posting on an anonymous Web page," Eugene Volokh, a law professor specializing in the First Amendment, said, referring to Seigenthaler. | | | Unlike content included in magazines, books and other traditional media, online material can be submitted by just about anyone, often without having to volunteer any identifying information. |
|
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002666637_webwiki05.html
(725 words)
|
|
| |
| | Crittenden Amendment - encyclopedia article about Crittenden Amendment. |
| | The Crittenden Compromise (Amendment) (1860–1861), in U.S. history, was a series of measures intended to forestall the American Civil War, futilely proposed in Congress by Senator John J. Crittenden of Kentucky in December 1860. | | | In the interest of preserving the "Union" (which was his utmost goal), Lincoln told his aides privately that he wouldn't work against this effort for amendment despite his views against slavery and its spreading Westward. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
|
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Crittenden+Amendment
(737 words)
|
|
| |
| | House Kills First Vote on Iraq Withdrawal - by Mitch Jeserich |
| | But the withdrawal amendment marks the first time that Congress has officially voted and debated legislation that deals with a withdrawal. | | | So, the 128 representatives voting for her amendment calling on the president to create a withdrawal plan, despite its defeat, could be seen as progress. | | | Woolsey has now an amendment to develop a plan to provide for a withdrawal," said Representative John Conyers (D-Mich.), the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee. |
|
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/jeserich.php?articleid=6094
(745 words)
|
|
| |
| | Technorati Tag: amendment |
| | A tag is like a subject or category. | | | Posts tagged Amendment per day for the last 30 days. | | | This page shows blog posts, photos, and links that have been tagged amendment. |
|
http://www.technorati.com/tag/amendment
(498 words)
|
|
|
