"The problem is that nobody knows what the rules are, and in the context of the First Amendment that kind of vagueness is a real problem," he said.
Under a law signed by President Clinton, Congress denies these tax benefits, and penalties, to same-sex married couples, an issue sure to be examined in the courts in the context of the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause.
This requirement has special force in the context of the 11th Amendment, which protects a state's fiscal integrity from federal intrusion by vesting the states with immunity from private actions for damages pursuant to federal laws.
How the Supreme Court might vote on the NSA's work, especially regarding the constitutionality of those activities in the context of the Fourth Amendment, will be pivotal.
"Treating these 10 texts as historical context for the New Testament would be like studying 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' to understand the historical context of the 13th Amendment," Jones said.
In any other context, many of the amendments would have broad support.
For France, reality is that Germany's proposals come in the context of an amendment to the German Constitution effective in 2016 that bars federal budget deficits in excess of 0.35 percent of gross domestic product, against the euro zone's upper limit of 3 percent.
Within the context of Sixth Amendment rights, the defendant generally does not have to show that he was prejudiced by the denial of counsel, confrontation, public trial, and impartial jury, knowledge of the charges against him, trial in the district where the crime was committed, or compulsory process.
But in the context of First Amendment press rights – so important to readers — I'd like to see his administration's actions keep pace with his rhetoric.
"But should the weight we give it in the context of a First Amendment claim be the same for private organizations?" Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist asked whether members of a Roman Catholic organization could limit the group to Catholics on the basis that "we just feel much more comfortable with Catholics, and we do Catholic work".
