After Nasdaq amended the plan, the S.E.C. issued that amendment on Aug. 15, allowing 15 days for public comment.
Ford assumed the duties of vice president on Dec. 6, 1973, and upon Nixon's resignation from office to avoid impeachment, Ford became the first president to accede to office according to the Twenty-fifth Amendment on Aug. 9, 1974.
Barbados passed a pro-hanging constitutional amendment on September 4th, and Belize expects to do so by December.Across the Caribbean, voters press politicians to "do something" about violent crime.
As Kenneth Lay was taking the Fifth Amendment on Feb. 12, the shares of the corporate wreck he used to lead were certified worthless; Enron attested to the fact.
In related news, North Carolina will vote on a anti-gay marriage amendment on May 8th and churches are playing a major role in the campaign.
Minnesota voters voted against an amendment on Nov. 6 that would have defined marriage as being between a man and woman in the state's constitution, though it isn't likely to end the local debate over which couples should have legal access to marriage rights.
Legislative leaders vowed not to put a constitutional amendment on the November ballot, saying that it went too far.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Legislature now want to expand gambling by putting a constitutional amendment on the Nov. 5 ballot that would add seven full-blown casinos.
Supporters in the anti-abortion movement had hoped to attain a three-fifths majority, or 24 votes, in order to put the amendment on the November ballot.
So much for Arnold Schwarzenegger's typically expressive support for Proposition 73, a constitutional amendment on the November 8th ballot requiring doctors to give parents 48 hours' notice before carrying out an abortion on a girl under 18.Will the voters agree with the governor?
His motion calls for putting a charter amendment on the June or November 2016 ballot.
