Sentence examples for amendment down for from inspiring English sources

Indeed, the next decision from the Supreme Court might just take the Fourth Amendment down for the count.

Unfortunately, the Democratic majority voted this amendment down".

Stickland pulled his amendment down, but then charged toward Springer.

These issues aren't addressed at all by the amendments House Democrats sat down for.

More than 200 amendments have been put down for the bill's committee stage to change government proposals, including the one drafted by Tebbit and Newton.

Yet according to a new city zoning bylaw amendment, both will be shut down for being too close to schools unless they can convince an appeals board to let them stay.

Steven R. Shapiro, national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said that the decision showed the court's continuing "unwillingness to accept the government's position that traditional First Amendment rules need to be watered down for the Internet".

Some of the House's votes have seemed entirely reflexive, like a 240-to-169 thumbs down for a sensible amendment requiring regulators to seek independent advice on drilling safety from an organization not affiliated with the American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry's lobby.

campaign, Nixon issued a position paper on crime, entitled "Toward Freedom from Fear," in which he accused the Court of "seriously hamstringing the peace forces," to the advantage of criminals, & called for new laws to "redress the balance" & if the Court knocked those laws down, for a Constitution amendment to the same end.

If the bill is amended, the last day set down for private members business in the Commons, when any amendments could be considered is 28 February 2014.

The obvious choice is for the amendment laid down by the veteran Labour MP Margaret Beckett, which says that no variety of Brexit can be implemented until and unless it has won a confirmatory vote of the public.