However,only thirty-five states approved the amendment by the deadline so it never went into effect.

VOA: special.2009.10.18

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。

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On the other hand, what most of us rely upon I think is essentially the first amendment tradition.

另一方面，我们大多数人遵循的,说到底还是美国第一修正案的传统。

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

VOA: special.2009.10.18

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。

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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

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

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

VOA: standard.2009.06.23

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。

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The amendment would prevent the U.S.Export-Import Bank from entering into any deals with foreign companies that significantly contribute to Iran's refined petroleum resources, part of efforts to pressure Iran to stop its uranium enrichment program.

VOA: standard.2009.06.23

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“

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The Seventh Amendment gives the same right in civil cases that involve more than a small amount of money.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

And it said each southern state must approve an amendment to the United States Constitution that gave citizenship to blacks.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

But Lincoln was the leading force behind the Thirteenth Amendment which officially ended slavery in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

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

VOA: special.2009.05.22

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

VOA: special.2009.03.26

Charles Haynes is a senior scholar at the First Amendment Center, a group that studies free expression issues.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

He said that the First Amendment works by "building a wall of separation between church and state."

VOA: special.2009.05.22

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

Those words are part of the First Amendment, which guarantees freedom of expression and other rights.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

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

VOA: special.2009.07.09

The Supreme Court has heard many cases that test the meaning of the First Amendment.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

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

But school officials under the First Amendment may not take sides in religion."

VOA: special.2009.12.24

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

VOA: special.2011.01.13

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

VOA: special.2009.02.09

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

VOA: special.2009.05.22

The House of Representatives approved this Equal Rights Amendment in nineteen seventy-one.

VOA: special.2009.10.18