Sentence examples for formal amendments from inspiring English sources

Despite the availability of this procedure, however, many if not most of the fundamental changes in American constitutional practice have not been effected by formal amendments.

So even if the Rule Committee doesn't allow it to offer any formal amendments to the legislation, the minority will still have an opportunity to at least force a vote on one of its amendments, presumably one with the greatest importance and/or chance of peeling off enough moderate majority-party voters for passage.

On 18 June, the Parliament will discuss the proposals before submitting formal amendments at the end of the month.

There are two primary mechanisms by which constitutional change occurs: formal amendments to the text and informal amendment that results from interpretive changes.

There are two primary mechanisms by which constitutional change occurs: formal amendments to the text and informal amendments that result from interpretive changes.

The practice now becoming frequent is for the Senate not to make formal amendments; but to send down a schedule of the alterations which will procure the bill their assent.

Practices have to evolve without formal amendment.

But a board ruling without a formal amendment would be invalid and unenforceable, he said.

Further attention is paid to both formal amendment and informal constitutional change.

Ackerman and Golove's story challenges originalist accounts that suppose the Treaty Clause to have a plain meaning that cannot be altered without formal amendment.

Before we rewrite the fiscal Constitution by formal amendment, we ought to consider the interpretive potential of the present constitutional text.