Sentence examples for enact an amendment from inspiring English sources

Still, even many Republicans who hold traditional views of marriage are asking whether it is really worth the enormous effort required to enact an amendment.

Congress should enact an amendment proposed by Representative Duncan Hunter (R-Calif).

We implore the DC city council, the Maryland legislature, the Virginia legislature and all legislative bodies to pass resolutions calling on Congress to enact an amendment and other solutions.

In 1947 Quwatli enacted an amendment that removed a one-term limit from the constitution, and he was reelected in 1948.

New York policy makers can stop the miscarriages of justice by enacting an amendment to the Rockefeller drug laws that allows judicial discretion in narcotics cases.

Ms. Feinstein and the Republican co-author of the measure, Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, decided to go the legislative route after determining that enacting an amendment would take much longer and could cost the support of those who backed the goals of the proposal but did not want to tamper with the Constitution.

In Gambia, President Jammeh enacted an amendment to existing criminal codes against homosexuality, in October 2014, making 'aggravated homosexuality' conviction a life-time sentence.

A grassroots campaign is underway to enact a Constitutional Amendment specifying that, "the protections of the First Amendment that apply to the spending of money on lobbying and elections, whether by contributions, expenditures or otherwise, shall extend only to human beings".

The resolution calls on Congress to "enact" the amendment (though it should be noted that Congress can't actually enact a Constitutional amendment on its own -- once two-thirds of both houses vote for the amendment, then the states also have to ratify it).

"If we are to prevent the meaning of marriage from being changed forever, our nation must enact a constitutional amendment to protect marriage in America".

Isn't it time we gave up trying to resolve the presently unresolvable argument over gun control and the intentions of our founders, and move instead to enact a constitutional amendment on private weapons ownership?