The most important provision of Thursday's bill would make it hard for President Chen to hold a referendum to amend the Constitution, unless the amendments had already been approved by three-quarters of the legislature and the legislature scheduled the referendum.
Justice Brennan had written that controversial ideas "have the full protection" of the First Amendment — "unless," Gillespie underlined, these ideas were "excludable because they encroach upon the limited area of more important interests".
And yet in the fall of 1919 he wrote a dissenting opinion arguing that all expressions were protected by the First Amendment "unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country".
If Lincoln is right, then the slaves are still slaves despite the Proclamation, unless the amendment is passed.
Perhaps the idea is that, unless some amendment to Fisa passes the Senate, President Bush will accuse the Democrats of being weak on terrorism.
On Tuesday, John D. Podesta, the White House chief of staff, wrote a letter declaring that unless the amendment barring the Corps of Engineers from revising its management of the Missouri was dropped or substantially modified, "the president will veto this bill".
Patrick threatened to have the governor call a special session unless the amendment was added, causing the rest of the GOP, which dominates the legislature, to cave.
Unless the amendment is controversial and provokes a lot of discussion, there is no need to record that an amendment occurred.[9].
The intention appears to be to get the bill through committee unscathed with no amendments, unless suggested by the government.
