By suddenly changing the finish line, the three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit disrupts the core First Amendment freedom to present a coherent political message to voters.
Paul T. Cappuccio, the general counsel at AOL Time Warner, which filed the challenge to the rule prohibiting cable operators from owning television stations, told the court that the restriction "proscribes our First Amendment rights to present the programming of our choosing".
But in the national interest it has agreed not to present amendments.
In what is intended as a slap at Mr. Obama, Republican legislators in a dozen states are offering "birther" amendments requiring political candidates to present bona fide birth certificates.
When Turner objected to Cook taking a vote on the bill because he wanted to present amendments, Cook responded that he could present them in debate and ramrodded the vote through, much like what happened on the floor of the senate only a week ago.
Ross was required to present the amendment on behalf of the Northern Ireland assembly's justice committee, of which he is chairman.
Sticking to his guns, Ehlers won permission to present his amendment again on the House floor, emphasizing that a better way to boost the SBIR program would be to hike overall spending on federal research.
He plans to present an amendment that would add additional border security requirements, making it even harder for the government to reach the level of security deemed necessary to trigger a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
A similar bill was introduced in Arizona in 2011, but was vetoed by Gov. Jan Brewer (R) because of a controversial amendment that would allow candidates to present 'baptismal or circumcision certificates' in lieu of birth certificates.
The McGovern-Obey amendment would require the President to present Congress with 1) a new National Intelligence Estimate on Afghanistan by January 31 , 2011and 2) a plan by April 4, 2011 on the safe, orderly and expeditious redeployment of U.S. troops from Afghanistan, including a timeframe for the completion of the redeployment.
