Sentence examples for amendment authorized from inspiring English sources

On Thursday, Mr. Carney dismissed the argument, popular in some legal circles, that the amendment authorized the president to raise the debt ceiling.

If New Jersey were to get an exemption from the federal courts, a state constitutional amendment, authorized by the state's voters, would then be required.

In 1958 a constitutional amendment authorized Oregon's 36 counties to adopt home-rule charters, and in 1973 a state law granted all counties the power to exercise broad home-rule authority.

For example, a 1984 amendment authorized award of the Purple Heart to those killed or wounded as a result of "an international terrorist attack," and "as part of a peacekeeping force" subsequent to March 1973.

For example, a 1984 amendment authorized award of the Purple Heart to those killed or wounded as a result of "an international terrorist attack," and "as part of a peacekeeping force" subsequent to March 1973 -- reflecting the changing nature of warfare.

He helped enact a corporate income tax and passage of the 16th Amendment, authorizing personal income taxation.

Though Mr. Martinez bought the second apartment in 2005, an amendment authorizing the combination was not approved until 2006, and a construction permit was issued last year.

The amendment authorizes the use of money from tolls, gasoline taxes and other sources to increase the Transportation Trust Fund to $1 billion annually.

But it did not leave it up to the Legislature to decide the remedy, and the backlash against the ruling was so powerful that in 1998, opponents passed a constitutional amendment authorizing the Legislature to restrict marriage to heterosexual couples.

In the end, however, many liberal scholars believe that if the court took seriously the text and history of the entire Constitution — including the 16th Amendment, authorizing the income tax, and the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote — then originalism should just as often lead to liberal as conservative results.

One amendment authorizes the company to change its name to 21st Century Fox, enabling the publishing division, which is preparing to spin off into a stand-alone entity, to claim the News Corp. name.