Sentence examples for amendment promoting from inspiring English sources

David D. Cole, a lawyer with the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represents Mr. Fertig and other challengers to the law, told the court that the case concerned speech protected by the First Amendment "promoting lawful, nonviolent activities," including "human rights advocacy and peacemaking".

So the hero challenged the rules with a cleverly named "Fair Play" amendment, promoted with banners proclaiming "Thou Shall Not Steal!" and persuaded the convention to overturn them.

But with a Republican governor and Republicans dominating both houses of the Legislature, several state lawmakers said that the success of the bill and the expansion amendment promoted by the N.R.A. seemed assured.

They also chose to reject an amendment, promoted by Democratic legislators, that would have removed a provision in the state constitution that allows for slavery and the involuntary servitude of prisoners.

The commission adopted an amendment promoted by Governor Bush that could pave the way for the movement of more than 200 Navy F-18 fighters to Jacksonville from their current base in Virginia Beach.

This study evaluated changes in extensive greenroof water discharge quality and quantity after adding biochar, a soil amendment promoted for its ability to retain nutrients in soils and increase soil fertility.

But activists refuted that, saying there was no threat of a constitutional amendment promoted by Republicans at that time.

This possibly explains why organic amendments promoted better growth of A. cruentus than in the control pots.

But in the 1980s, a movement to interpret the amendment as promoting the right to bear arms for self-defense emerged.

But he said that the legitimate state interests protected by the 21st Amendment, like promoting temperance, banning the sale of wine to minors and raising tax revenues, could be addressed through other nondiscriminatory means.

For the first time in modern history, the United States has a candidate who has openly disregarded the first amendment by promoting violence against political opponents.