For years, bar leaders in New York have called for a constitutional amendment to replace Supreme Court elections with a merit-selection system like the one used for the state's top court, the Court of Appeals.
The Cantor alternative was offered as an amendment to replace the Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act, but it was tabled by a vote of 73-24.
One lawmaker, frustrated by Republican leadership's defeat of amendments supporting the Confederate flag, proposed an amendment to replace the battle flag with a white flag as "the unofficial symbol of the Republican Party".
They will seek a constitutional amendment to replace the tax code with a single fixed rate, ending a system of write-offs — including corporate loopholes and mortgage interest deductions — enjoyed by millions.
"Fire and Fury" author Michael Wolff spoke out on Sunday about the White House staff's alleged concerns about President Donald Trump's fitness, saying that discussions on enacting a constitutional amendment to replace the president are "alive every day in the White House".
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Wednesday's House debate was civil as conservative defenders of the flag introduced dozens of unsuccessful amendments seeking to replace it with various alternatives, such as a cast bronze replica that would be affixed to the Confederate Soldier Monument on the State House grounds.
But critics charge the carbon math for these power plants is far more complicated, and that the amendment seeks to replace scientific judgment with a political declaration.
Some scholars, such as Beckwith, argue only that a teacher has the right to supplement the existing evolution curriculum with intelligent design theory, rather than that a teacher has a First Amendment right to replace the prescribed curriculum by teaching intelligent design theory instead of evolution (Beckwith 2003: 76).
The amendment allows Congress to replace the Cabinet as part of the decision-making process with "such other body as Congress may by law provide". Congress hasn't created an alternative body.
