Sentence examples for amendments state from inspiring English sources

The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments state that no person shall be "deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law".

Prior to the amendment, state legislators elected United States senators.

The NRA's legal efforts to overturn the Brady Bill led to a Supreme Court ruling in 1997 which declared that under the 10th Amendment, state and local law enforcement officials could not be forced to handle the background checks.

"This sends a signal to the industry that Kansas is a pro-Second Amendment state," Hildabrand said.

One amendment states that the movement created "unrealistic expectations of equal outcomes" among minorities.

The amendment states that anyone born in the United States and "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" is a citizen.

The first amendment states that "Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press".

The Fifth Amendment states that private property shall not "be taken for public use without just compensation".

The proposed amendment states: "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex".

In 2015 he was the only senator to vote against a bill amendment stating that "climate change is not a hoax".

In a provision titled, "Liquidation required," Mrs. Boxer's amendment states: "All financial companies put into receivership under this title shall be liquidated.