There's also the matter of actually getting such an amendment enacted: A two-thirds majority in both chambers is needed in order to amend the Constitution, and the amendment would then have to be ratified by three-quarters of the states.
Despite the Boland amendment enacted by Congress, which prohibited any agency of the United States from providing military aid to the Nicaraguan contras, Abrams famously approached the Sultan of Brunei for funds.
"Any Amount," Not Limited to "Fine or Penalty". The amendment enacted in December 2017 was written long before the Kokesh case (and indeed, a substantially identical amendment has been floated in Congress since 2003), and it does not directly address disgorgement payments.
Justice Scalia has used the very same 14th Amendment, enacted to help African-Americans, to strike down affirmative-action programs designed to help African-Americans and other minorities.
Another stabilization tool is the zoning amendment, enacted two years ago, that allows vacant property formerly restricted to commercial use to be renovated as living and work space for artists.
The degree to which money influences politics is suggested by the passage of Proposition 8, the California constitutional amendment, enacted in November 2008, stating that "only a marriage between a man and woman is valid or recognized" in the state.
Appearing before the justices, the solicitors general of New York and Michigan argued that the 21st Amendment, enacted to repeal Prohibition, gives the states the authority to regulate the importation of liquor.
Lamberth believes his hands are tied by the Dickey-Wicker Amendment, enacted 14 years ago by Congress to prohibit federal funding for the destruction of embryos.
The Johnson amendment, enacted into law in 1954 and authored by then-Senator Lyndon Johnson (D-TX) -- essentially bars charities (which includes churches) from participating or intervening in political campaigns.
Due to the constitutional amendment enacted under previous governor Brereton Jones, Patton became the first governor in more than 200 years eligible to succeed himself in office.
But some of the levies will be protected by a constitutional amendment enacted by Proposition 22 in 2010, which placed limits on the state's ability to reallocate transportation funds.
