Sentence examples for enacting an amendment from inspiring English sources
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 1947 Quwatli enacted an amendment that removed a one-term limit from the constitution, and he was reelected in 1948.
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.
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 Gambia, President Jammeh enacted an amendment to existing criminal codes against homosexuality, in October 2014, making 'aggravated homosexuality' conviction a life-time sentence.
For example, there is a limit to the extent to which the Article 9 prohibitions can be reinterpreted without enacting a constitutional amendment.
"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".
Proponents of reform all too often throw up their hands at the seeming near-impossibility of enacting a Constitutional amendment, whether to reform the electoral college, guarantee women's equality, balance the budget, allow naturalized citizens to become president, enact term limits, or provide voting rights for Washington, D.C. -- all of which have been the topics of thwarted amendments.
There is the cut, cap and balance pledge to gut the federal government by cutting and capping spending, and enacting a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution.
