Sentence examples for amendment upheld from inspiring English sources

Moreover, the amendment upheld the national debt while exempting the federal government and state governments from any responsibility for the debts incurred by the rebellious Confederate States of America.

The term-limits amendment, upheld in the 47-to-2 override vote, addresses what supporters call a flaw in the law that limits some members to a total of six years in office rather than the maximum of eight available to most elected officials in the city.

The Constitutional Court ruled 6 to 3 that a 2000 constitutional amendment upholding the right to life did not apply to capital punishment.

Even the second amendment, upholding the right to bear arms, can be used to steer the White House away from war, Scarry argues.

It watered down the Fifth Amendment, upholding a treatment program that forced prisoners to confess their crimes or be placed in a maximum-security facility.

And based on how the court's previous decisions construe the 14th amendment, upholding the ban will be in keeping with the court's equal-protection jurisprudence over the past few decades.That said, the 58% of Michigan voters who added the affirmative-action ban to their constitution have decreased minority enrollments in their state.

"The lawyer would be pre-cleared by security and represent the interest of the public generally in ensuring the fourth amendment is upheld," Carr says.

The Hollins amendment – if upheld when the Common votes on it in a few days – means that claimants will be able to use the clause to force journalists to prove a negative, and then pay the costs of the claimant for having done so.

He also said it would treat law-abiding gun owners like criminals, and is in conflict with Second Amendment rights upheld by the courts.

The state high court later ruled that the initiative was a valid state constitutional amendment but upheld the validity of an estimated 18,000 same-sex marriages that occurred before the election.

"The First Amendment does uphold the right free speech [sic] and a free press, which I respect, however this situation goes beyond the bounds of free speech. . . .