The state constitution has an amendment carving out public employee pension benefits from diminishment.
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Back in the 1970s the people supporting the mini-bottles-only rule got it embedded in the state constitution, any amendment to which requires a two-thirds vote by both houses of the state legislature, as well as approval by a majority of South Carolina's voters in a referendum.
Well, as far as major treaties go, the only thing they are left with is the 8th Amendment of the Constitution (the "cruel and unusual punishment" amendment).
Ismail said two documents needed to be drawn up: an amendment to the constitution making the secession of Singapore possible, and an act giving Singapore independence under that amendment.
One is that the shutter-control legislation might not withstand a legal challenge under the American constitution's first amendment.
They may advise their clients to invoke the constitution's Fifth Amendment, which means they can refuse to testify.
His favourite clause of the constitution was the 14th amendment, which guarantees due process and equal protection of the laws.
He calls for Europe to adopt something akin to the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment - hardly the stuff of fascism.
There are clear mechanisms for so doing, within the Constitution itself, by amendment if the requisite supermajorities can be persuaded.
The Constitution's Fourth Amendment usually requires that government agents obtain a warrant before they can search a person or his effects.
On Women's Equality Day, we mark the anniversary of our Constitution's 19th Amendment, which secured the right to vote for America's women.
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True, but that deficiency of our Constitution was addressed through amendment.
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He found that most of the cases in the main core interpret the American constitution's First Amendment, which protects freedom of speech and free exercise of religion.
Gun rights advocates argue that the prohibition violates the U.S. Constitution's Second Amendment and the appeals court ruling calls for a new law with very few restrictions, if any.
Charles Grassley of Iowa, the ranking Republican on the panel, said the technology may require lawmakers to develop a new definition of an unreasonable search, which is banned under the Constitution's Fourth Amendment.
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The suit seeks a ruling that both provisions violate the constitution's Second Amendment right to bear arms and the 14th Amendment right to equal protection under the laws as well as injunctions stopping enforcement.
The lawsuit claims the policy violates the Constitution's Fourth Amendment, which prohibits illegal searches and seizures, as well as the equal-protection clause of the 14th Amendment, which is often invoked to fight laws seen as racially discriminatory.
In the absence of, say, a confidentiality or non-disparagement clause in a contract, court orders prohibiting the making of true statements are rare indeed, generally considered a violation of the free-speech provision of the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.
The Center for Constitutional Rights claims stop-and-frisk violates the Constitution's Fourth Amendment, which prohibits illegal searches and seizures as well as the equal-protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which is often invoked to fight laws seen as racially discriminatory.
The Center for Constitutional Rights claims the stop-and-frisk policy violates the Constitution's Fourth Amendment, which prohibits illegal searches and seizures as well as the equal-protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which is often invoked to fight laws seen as racially discriminatory.
And obviously we all defend our Constitution and the First Amendment and free speech, but we also believe that when men and women die in the service of their country and are laid to rest, it should be done with the utmost honor and respect.
Islamabad, 26 April 2012: Federal and Provincial Ministers, and senior officials from all the provinces agreed to expedite coordinated action towards achievement of Education For All Goals, and formulate necessary provincial legislation for enforcement of Article 25-A of the 18th Amendment of Constitution in the country.
The Center for Constitutional Rights, which brought the lawsuit on behalf of several individuals, claims the policy violates the Constitution's Fourth Amendment, which prohibits illegal searches and seizures, as well as the equal-protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which is often invoked to fight laws seen as racially discriminatory.
He said the truth a few weeks ago, (paraphrased), The 14th Amendment to the US Constitution does NOT protect women, nor was that the purpose of the Amendment when it was written.
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The bill fell one vote shy of the two-thirds majority an amendment to the Constitution requires.
This absurd situation goes back to 1933 and the 21st amendment to the constitution, which ended Prohibition.
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Republicans in the Senate failed by one vote to win passage of a balanced-budget amendment to the constitution.
Doing this says that race is important, while the 14th Amendment to the Constitution says that it is not.
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Valeo, which stated that donating money was a form of expression protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution.
In 1913, the 17th amendment to the Constitution, providing for the popular election of U.S. senators, was declared in effect.
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