Sentence examples for last amendment from inspiring English sources

THE tenth amendment to the United States Constitution the last amendment of the Bill of Rights grants to the states all powers not given to the federal government.

It is important to understand that ever since 1969, when he was a young civil rights lawyer working in Atlanta, Mr. Siegel had made it practically a sacrament to sit in a public park on Independence Day and read the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution, right down to the last amendment.

This last amendment to the protocol was associated with a significant (p < 0.001) rise in recruitment rate into the study.

After a five-year hiatus, Last Amendment performed at the Vortex in June 2012.

Historical sidenote: The last amendment to become part of the U.S. Constitution is the 27th Amendment.

"He was always the last guy standing with the last amendment," former Senator Byron L. Dorgan, a Democrat from North Dakota, told the Los Angeles Times.

This choice can be explained by a strong component of jus soli in the conception of citizenship, which prevailed after the last amendments to the constitution.

"Because of this last minute amendment, this bill would tie the hands of our terror fighters," Mr. Bond said.

The last successful amendment initiated in modern times by Congress was in 1971, when the voting age was lowered.

In another attempt to appease Conservative backbenchers, Mrs May tabled a last minute amendment to permit the removal of a UK passport from any suspect whose conduct is "seriously prejudicial to the vital interests of the UK".

The irony is that a last minute amendment to the HSC Act (stating that only services which can ONLY be provided by a current provider are not subject to competition law) makes this even more likely.