Sentence examples for Abolition amendment from inspiring English sources

Lincoln seems to have understood that Northern voters, having accepted the Emancipation Proclamation, would have less trouble supporting an abolition amendment.

White Northern Republicans, and some Democrats, became excited about an abolition amendment, holding meetings and issuing resolutions.

Leading figures in Irish literature, arts and music – including Man Booker prize winners and Hollywood directors – have launched a campaign for the abolition of an amendment to Ireland's constitution that they say prevents serious reform of its strict anti-abortion laws.

In it, he called for the abolition of the 13th Amendment.

That, however, would not be outright abolition of the second amendment.

Abolition requires a constitutional amendment that has to be approved either by a special convention or by two-thirds of each house of Congress and three-quarters of the state legislatures.

Kanye West, who said slavery was a choice, just called for the abolition of the 13th amendment.

Activists are demanding the abolition of the Eighth Amendment of the Irish constitution, which enshrines the equal right to life of the mother and her unborn child, while their opponents demand it remain in place to safeguard all life.

Backed up by a growing interfaith coalition and a large army of volunteer petition circulators, gay-rights supporters put the repeal measure on the Nov. 2004 ballot and secured the amendment's abolition by majority vote.

Activists are seeking the abolition of the eighth amendment of the constitution, which enshrines the equal right to life of the mother and her unborn child, while their opponents demand that it remains in place to safeguard all life.

He is first made more saintly by the focus on the 13th Amendment, as if abolition had been his primary goal.