The phrase "amendment could be a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the potential nature or implications of an amendment in a legal, political, or formal context.
Example: "The proposed amendment could be a significant change to the existing law, impacting many citizens."
Alternatives: "amendment might serve as a" or "amendment may represent a".
So brief though it may be, the debate on the Coburn amendment could be a heated one.
The Perlmutter amendment could be a way to win community banks over to the idea of a systemic regulator, a priority of the administration.
A constitutional amendment could be a welcome proposal for the thousands of demonstrators involved in the Occupy Wall Street movement, which holds a reversal of the Citizens United ruling as one of its oft-repeated demands.
No court had ever found a policy to be intentionally discriminatory under that amendment, leading some observers to speculate the amendment could be an emerging tool to fight voting restrictions.
However, senior party sources have told The Independent on Sunday that the amendments could be a "game changer".
The Kentucky Republican can duck the gun issue by refusing to bring back up the Commerce, Justice, and Science funding bill, to which the amendment could be attached, a move that a Democratic leadership aide suggested he might take.
A sign of how dimly the Democratic leadership viewed Amash's amendment could be seen in an emailed floor update from the office of House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md).
If Proposition 8, banning gay marriage, could pass in liberal-minded California, it seemed likely that this amendment could be voted in in a more conservative state.
Another law professor, Bruce Ackerman of Yale University, says that the Constitution, specifically the 12th Amendment, could be read to require a majority vote of the electors actually appointed ( as opposed to those who could be appointed), which would mean Gore would have a majority with his 260 electoral votes and would be president.
Even if the amendment could be put in place immediately, it would be a bad idea for two reasons.
The Parliament's speaker, Reuven Rivlin, a Likud member but not a cabinet member, told Israel's Army Radio on Sunday that the amendment could be "provocative and serve as a weapon for the enemies of Zionism".
