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

The First Amendment of the Constitution supports religious freedom and places religion outside the reach of the government.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

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

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

VOA: special.2009.03.13

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

VOA: special.2010.03.05

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

VOA: special.2009.07.09

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

Later cases ruled that teaching religious creation stories in public schools violates the First Amendment of the Constitution that calls for separation of church and state.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

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

VOA: special.2009.02.09

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

VOA: special.2010.04.16

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

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