That law says the Coast Guard "may convey" lighthouses to nonprofit groups, imposing restrictions on the voluntary transfer of property, while the Stevens amendment mandates the transfer.
I am not persuaded that the First Amendment mandates such an outcome".
The 5th Amendment mandates that no one can "be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law".
The 19th Amendment, mandating full suffrage in all states, was first introduced to Congress in 1878.
"Wiser or not, unanimous juries are not a Sixth Amendment mandate".
The 22nd Amendment, mandating a two-term limit for presidents, fixed in law what had until the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration been fixed in tradition.
He blamed Woodrow Wilson and the Progressive movement, which promoted the passage of the Sixteenth Amendment, sanctioning a federal income tax, and the Seventeenth Amendment, mandating direct election of U.S. senators rather than their selection by state legislators.
Despite a last-minute and modest Senate amendment mandating a bit more disclosure by the crowdsourced companies, I'm certain that the hucksters of the world are seeing the best opportunity in years to rip off countless unsuspecting people.
When another appeals court struck down an Arizona constitutional amendment mandating that state officials use only English in documents and state business, Ms. Kagan urged the administration to stay out of the case, noting that some thought the ruling was "extremely expansive and very possibly wrong".
Using the 60-vote hurdle so early in the process allowed Democrats to prevent the passage of an amendment mandating that any state with a concealed-weapons law, no matter how rigorous, would have to recognize the concealed-weapons permit of residents from any other state.
Maisch, who runs an air-conditioning business with her husband in Tucson, was thrown out of the US Senate chamber last year for shouting "shame on you" after a vote to pass an amendment mandating background checks on gun purchases failed by four votes.
