Sentence examples for amendment as is from inspiring English sources

In a statement, the local office of the Council on Arabic-Islamic Relations said, "Though we find these Islamophobic advertisements to be reprehensible, they are protected by the First Amendment, as is our ability to speak out against them".

My lingering concern is that approval of this amendment as is will close the District's private insurance market without any knowledge of how prepared the new Exchange is to function or even what insurance will be available on it.

First, if it is to have more powers, the Justice Department should also agree that Web communications and stored records are generally subject to the strict standards demanded by the Fourth Amendment (as are the content of telephone calls).

Caricaturing the well-established constitutional right to privacy in this nyah-nyah way is like dismissing the First Amendment as being all about the right to make doo-doo jokes.

(He didn't answer any questions, however, pleading an Italian version of the Fifth Amendment, as was his legal right since he is a defendant in a related bribery case).

Indeed, in his radio address, Mr. Bush framed his call for an amendment as being in response to a decision by a state court in Massachusetts, Mr. Kerry's home state, that forced the state Legislature to recognize same-sex marriages.

Justice Kennedy described that amendment as being "not within our constitutional tradition".

Irrespective of what his detractors may like to say, the fact is that Zardari has ungrudgingly consented to forgo the powers conferred on the President under the 17th amendment as was his original promise and intention.

But in a conference call with reporters, the experts said the real effect of any changes could not be measured until after the Bush administration comes up with its amendments, as is expected sometime in June.

While Mr. Sarkozy has yet to propose specific language, the amendment as it is being discussed, unlike the German amendment, would not be binding.

The Florida ruling suggests, however, that even if the Supreme Court upholds vouchers under the First Amendment -- as is expected -- vouchers could still be blocked by state constitutional promises of a free public education.