The phrase "amend the first" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to making changes or modifications to the first item in a list, document, or set of instructions.
Example: "After reviewing the proposal, I realized I needed to amend the first section to clarify our objectives."
Alternatives: "revise the first" or "modify the first".
In a statement responding to Teachout's criticism of his Super Pac donors, Faso said Teachout "wants to amend the first amendment to give the government more control over political speech".
The Council decided to amend the first part of the Act of December 11.
Dana Perino didn't make any points about campaign finance and, instead, claimed that Democrats want to amend the First Amendment, and she doesn't think the Supreme Court leans conservative.
Amend: The first time I played around with an iPad on launch day all I could think about was how awesome it would be to somehow get my comics on this thing.
He decided to amend the seventh proposal which had called for the A&E to become an "urgent care centre".
Chief editor Islam acknowledged the complaint and promised to amend the second edition accordingly.
Would it were politically possible to amend the Second Amendment out of existence!
Why don't today's Christian conservatives understand that the second part amends the first part?
Mr. Chirac ratified the law but asked Parliament, rather than his administration, to draft a new law amending the first.
A compromise could be enacted by having the Assembly pass the Senate bill, and then having both sides pass a second bill amending the first one, to reflect the compromise.
When the Senate amended the first Hay-Pauncefote agreement with Britain over the Panama Canal in 1900 so drastically that Britain rejected the revised treaty, John Hay had to sit down with Lord Pauncefote for a second round of talks to produce a second treaty.
