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In a country which had just gone through this wrenching crisis, the vote in the congress in favor of this constitutional amendment was 124 to one.
Specifically, this little amendment right here: "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States."
Originally proposed in 1923, the Equal Rights Amendment would guarantee gender equality under the law, and much like Title IX on campus, that constitutional amendment could require states to intervene and address gender violence as a prohibitive form of sex discrimination.
And within the last year, at least one of those states has ratified the amendment, because we live in different political times.
And to do this does not require a constitutional amendment, changing the First Amendment.
Maybe because she's younger, she's like 25, she's able to do this a little bit more easily, but the fact is that Maryland voters did pass that marriage equality amendment, and in fact it was the first time that marriage equality was directly voted on and passed by the voters.
This house is special because they have a composting toilet turning all their poo and pee, over time, into a soil amendment.
I remember back during the campaign where some Trump supporters wanted to actually get rid of the amendment that allowed us to vote as women.
Alongside that is an amendment, something that says, "This is where we were, but this is where we are right now."
After months of strategic planning and controversy, thousands of women gathered in Washington D.C. Here, they called for a constitutional amendment granting them the right to vote.
Rather than conduct costly campaigns on a state-by-state basis, Paul sought the long-lasting impact of a constitutional amendment, which would protect women’s voting rights nationwide.
Though full voting inclusion would take decades, in 1920, Congress ratified the 19th amendment, finally granting women the right to vote.
There were quite a few Asians (Chinese), there were quite a few blacks (freedmen) and everybody outside of the gentile class had ready access to guns; it is the second amendment you know.
In the United States seeds of the Cartel sown with the Federal Reserve Act and the income tax amendment (16) were beginning to bear fruit for connected finance capitalists and their dominating secret societies.
However, it was an amendment to one of those Championship matches that brought us not only the match of the night but also now a match of the year candidate when Teddy Long gave us fans an early Christmas present.
(an amendment that would be of a piece within this poorly crafted affair).
Living in Southern California and being a gay man I never really spent much time thinking about not being able to marry my partner or the ramifications of an amendment to any states constitution banning same sex partners.
And these people keep saying "ANARCHY!" and then preach the 1st amendment.
Therefore, no 1st amendment.
I think that Moore should remember that if it weren't for the brave men & women that serve our country, his freedom to abuse the first amendment would not be so free.
I feel it is every American's first amendment right to say and do almost anything and that people who get offended should just learn to relax!
Look around yourself, the war, the price of gas, the 4th amendment, the cutbacks.
"Iron Jawed Angels" is an HBO historical biopic/docudrama which turns the lens on Swank who delivers a sterling performance as Quaker, suffragist, and women's right activist Alice Paul during her campaign to secure the 19th Constitutional amendment.
Iron Jawed Angels is a true story based on the life of radical suffragists who played a key role in winning the federal constitutional amendment that guaranteed women the right to vote.
We all know the words 'suffragette' and about the 19th amendment.
But herein we learn that our own U.S. citizens, 'guilty' of only exercising their 1st amendment rights, were treated so harshly that the U.S. would have been in violation of numerous articles of the Geneva Convention had it been in effect at that time.
One criticism though-they didn't do a very good job of showing a true representation of the time and effort it took to achieve the 20th amendment.
Moreover, by passing a constitutional amendment, Sirisena rescinded some of the presidential powers that Rajapaksa had added, as well as restoring the two-term limit.
Many of the law’s supporters want it to replace the so-called Jackson-Vanik amendment, a Cold War-era law that restricts US trade with Russia – and that the Obama administration is pushing to repeal.
Moreover, decisions interact with each other, and often require amendment and clarification.
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