Sentence examples for enacted an amendment from inspiring English sources

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

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

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.

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.

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 2005, it enacted a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage; the voters passed the referendum by a ratio of three to one.

Louisiana has enacted a constitutional amendment, endorsed by the National Rifle Association, that strengthened its residents' right to bear arms and placed new limits on the legislature's ability to pass restrictions on the concealed carry of weapons.

It was enacted as an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, which regulates minimum wages, overtime, and child labour.

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".