The phrase "amendment provides that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal or formal contexts when referring to the content or stipulations of an amendment in a document, such as a constitution or legislation.
Example: "The amendment provides that all citizens have the right to free speech without government interference."
Alternatives: "the amendment states that" or "the amendment stipulates that".
"We do not believe that the 14th amendment provides that authority to the president," the White House press secretary, Jay Carney, said on Thursday.
"We do not believe that the 14th Amendment provides that authority to the president," he said.
The 11th Amendment provides that "the judicial power of the United States" does not encompass private suits against states.
Section 4 of that Amendment provides that a congressionally appointed body can determine that the President is "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office".
Last Thursday Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, said, "We do not believe that the 14th Amendment provides that authority to the president" to end the crisis.
But the Sixth Amendment provides that "in all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right... to have the assistance of counsel for his defense".
Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, said today that she was committed to doing all she could to restore confidence in the courts, including pushing a constitutional amendment providing that judges be appointed for set terms rather than for life.
Rowan offered another amendment providing that ministers of the federal courts would be subject to state laws when carrying out the decisions of the federal courts.
In 1962 the Kefauver Harris Amendment provided that all drugs had to go through the same lengthy approval process -- new drugs as well as generic.
Had the Fourteenth Amendment provided that "No State shall... deny to any heterosexual person... the equal protection of the laws," then the debate in 2013 would be about amendment rather than interpretation.
The Act requires jurisdictions having a history of voting discrimination to submit election law changes for preclearance review by the Justice Department pursuant to authority granted Congress under the 15th amendment (providing that the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged... on account of race").
