Sentence examples for amendment directly from inspiring English sources

There is an ongoing debate over whether Romney's comments about shutting down Planned Parenthood and his endorsement of the Blunt amendment directly influenced women voters, but there is no doubt that women are demonstrating an aversion to his campaign and to the Republican Party.

The Court also explicitly upheld the "discriminatory effect" prong of Section 5, stating that even though the Fifteenth Amendment directly prohibited only intentional discrimination, Congress could constitutionally prohibit unintentional discrimination to mitigate the risk that jurisdictions may engage in intentional discrimination.

In a 2-to-1 ruling last June, the appeals court did not address the First Amendment challenge directly.

This amendment is directly aimed at restricting their ability to do just that, to the detriment of pregnant women.

The boundaries in our current campaign finance system go back to 1976, when the court ruled in Buckley v. Valeo that government limits on how much a candidate can spend violated the First Amendment by directly limiting speech, but that limiting contributions did not.

These amendments can directly affect the chemistry of soil P by altering the amounts, distribution and transformations of P forms.

There are many different fertilizer formulations available and some include amendments that directly affect and inhibit microbial activity [ 126].

The amendment would also directly contravene both a court order and the statutory requirements of the country's basic law on marine conservation, the Magnuson-Stevens Act, which mandates regional fishing plans.

Law.com notes that "the decision is a significant First Amendment ruling that directly implicates the controversial subjects of legal adult pornography and illegal child pornography".

Suppose we didn't impose the tax on porn film producers, since that might raise First Amendment questions, or directly on viewers of "sexually-oriented material".

This amendment may not directly address the situation in Maryland, but it will begin the process of busting up the market power (and subsequently political power) of Big Ag.