It must agree to an amendment to the constitution that would return political balance to North and South.

VOA: special.2009.03.26

It's subsequently seen as one of the precursors of the First Amendment to the American Constitution.

后来它被看作是美国宪法,第一修正案的前身。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

In 1875 there's an amendment to the Constitution that essentially- voted by one vote,or approved by one vote, by the Assembly--that essentially transforms France into a Republic.

875年有个宪法修正案,本质上--,它在一次议会投票表决中,得到了支持--本质上把法国变成了共和国

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Seventy-two years later the nineteenth amendment to the United States Constitution gave women the right to vote.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

But to bring it to United States and talk about our majority religion, we're gonna talk about Christianity and we're gonna talk about people who for religious reasons would like to see an amendment to the Constitution banning gay marriage.

讲到美国，讲到我们的,第一大教，就必然涉及到,基督教，必然讲到一些人,出于宗教原因而希望看到,宪法阻止“同性婚姻“

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

Then,in nineteen seventy-one, the twenty-sixth amendment to the Constitution set the voting age at eighteen.

VOA: special.2009.07.09

This is the part of the Republic most likely to call up our own first amendment instincts.

理想国》的这一部份,是最像唤起,我国宪法第一修正案的天性的章节。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

She worked tirelessly to get Congress and the states to approve an amendment to the United States Constitution that would provide equal rights for women.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

Now, I'm going to add one more amendment.

现在我再稍微修改一下

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

The First Amendment to the Constitution guarantees free speech and a free press.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

It must certainly apply to matters of opinion to what we would call today First Amendment issues.

它必须能适用于关乎民意的事件,就像今天的第一修正案事件一样。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

That came with passage of the nineteenth amendment to the Constitution.

VOA: special.2010.04.16

You can't be forced to accuse yourself, what we could call the Fifth Amendment.

不能被逼认罪，这也是我们宪法第五修正案规定的。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

The first amendment to the United States Constitution reads Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof The idea is to keep governmental powers independent from private religious beliefs.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

Ten U.S.states have enacted Iran divestment legislation, and an amendment to the House bill would retroactively expand protection to those actions.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28

Thornton says the new amendment to the Lacey Act is a wake-up call for anyone who wants to trade in the lucrative U.S.wood products market.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

At a news conference Tuesday, a group of senators introduced an amendment to the Senate war funding bill that would bar the release of Guantanamo detainees on to U.S.soil.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

The court is also scheduled to consider whether a law that prohibits pictures of animal cruelty constitutes a violation of free speech under the 1st Amendment to the U.S.Constitution.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

Last year, the court ruled the 2nd amendment to the U.S.Constitution's protects the right of an individual citizen to own a handgun in the District of Columbia, a federally governed enclave.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

The high court ruling says the right to have a handgun for self defense is a fundamental right under the Second Amendment to the U.S.Constitution and applies to state and local jurisdictions.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

Saying she fully supports President Obama's diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability, Lowey supported an amendment to close a loophole in U.S.law regarding sanctions targeting Iran's energy sector.

VOA: standard.2009.06.23

Kyl was speaking in support of an amendment to the $91.3-billion Senate version of the 2009 Iraq-Afghanistan war supplemental bill, aimed at preventing U.S.government funds from going to companies involved in selling refined petroleum products to Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

He said the amendment should recognize the right to own slaves as property in states where slavery was permitted.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

After the Civil War in the eighteen sixties, the Fourteenth Amendment was added to the Constitution.

VOA: special.2010.03.05

This amendment,and the Volstead Act, made it unlawful to make,sell or transport liquor.

VOA: special.2011.01.13

How the First Amendment applies to life in America has often been disputed.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

Thirty-eight of the fifty state legislatures were required to approve the amendment.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

"They found an amendment or a post-script or something to the will.

VOA: special.2011.08.13

The amendment makes it a crime for anyone to deploy peer-to-peer technology that facilitates the exchange of copyrighted material online.

VOA: standard.2009.04.23

Speaking for the amendment, Republican Mark Kirk referred to the killing of Neda Agha Soltan and post-election events.

VOA: standard.2009.06.23