Sentence examples for state the amendment from inspiring English sources

"NSW Labor recognises a Middle East peace will only be won with the establishment of a Palestinian state," the amendment said.

"Only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state," the amendment says.

In 1991 a constitutional amendment was passed providing for a republican form of government, with a president as head of state; the amendment went into effect in 1992.

In both states, the amendment outpolled both President Barack Obama, the victor in Colorado, and Mitt Romney, who won Montana.

Although not specifically stated, the amendment was aimed to punish the Soviet Union for not allowing Russian Jews to freely emigrate.

He goes on to state that "the amendment has nothing nothing to do with modern America".

In 18 of those states, the amendments also ban domestic partnerships or civil unions.

Ultimately, California and 40 other states acted to limit marriage to one man and one woman by constitutional amendment, legislation or both; in 30 states, the amendments are on the books.

Congress extended the deadline by three years, but no new states ratified the amendment.

Thirty-five states ratified the amendment, three short of the necessary 38.

Sovereign immunity protects states, as the amendment says, against exercise of the "Judicial power of the United States".