Sentences with phrase «amendment of the constitution»

Fresno Pacific University president Richard Kriegbaum wrote in early June that the bill «would severely restrict the free and full exercise of religious freedom granted by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.»

Stated very simply, SB 1146 would severely restrict the free and full exercise of religious freedom granted by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

Whether you were arrested for drugs after being pulled over and searched on I - 95 or any other SC interstate, or you were arrested as a result of being monitored through electronic surveillance, the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution guarantees protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.

The Challengers filed a lawsuit challenging the condemnation, arguing that the taking of their property would violate the «public use» provision of the takings clause found in the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.

Voters will be asked whether they want to repeal the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, which gives equal right to life to the mother and the unborn, and replace it with new wording to allow parliament to legislate on abortion in the future.

Kogi Assembly, while deliberating on the proposed amendments of the constitution, step down section 162 and subjected it to house committee on local government for public hearing.

«I will always fight to protect human life as sacred, and will defend our citizen's right to keep and bear arms under the 2nd amendment of our Constitution.»

Last year we read The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, a former slave turned abolitionist and juxtaposed its reading with a viewing of Ava Duvernay's prolific documentary «13th,» which discusses modern - day slavery in the guise of mass incarceration and its direct correlation to a clause in the 13th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America.

It doesn't change the 5th Amendment of the Constitution (that would take three - fourths of the States).

The Fourth and Fifth Amendments of the Constitution guarantee immigrants equal protection under the law and the same access to U.S. courts.The legal process to divorce an illegal immigrant is the same as the process to divorce a citizen.

The defense has raised concerns that this prosecution may be violating the fifth amendment of the constitution since the former employee had already served time for the matter before his federal conviction was overturned, the New York Times reported.

The question to be addressed is whether Congress is allowed to bar states from authorizing sports gambling, or whether the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) violates the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution, which protects states rights.

The state of Washington argued that the President exceeded his statutory authority under the Immigration and Nationality Act, and violated the First and Fifth Amendments of the Constitution when issuing his order.

In Burundi, a controversial amendment of the constitution paved the way for the incumbent Pierre Nkurunziza to seek and win a controversial third term that has embroiled the country in a crisis ever since.

«While the First Amendment of our Constitution protects the right of free speech, no matter how deplorable it may be, there can be no room in our civil discourse for such hate and anger,» Poloncarz said in a statement.

Following the appointment of Pastor Joseph Obayemi as National Overseer and leader of the Nigerian branch of the church last Saturday, the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, has commenced amendment of its constitution to reflect its new administrative and leadership structure.

While I understand the importance of the 10th Amendment of our Constitution, which provides states the responsibility to initiate laws and regulations, states like New York should not have the ability to take away the constitutional rights of their citizens.

In March 2014, it was reported that the Implementation Committee had submitted a draft bill for amendment of the Constitution to the Attorney - General.

The story then shifts to the White House, and the movie's concerns become more adroitly mapped out — Abraham Lincoln wants the South to surrender and the Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution to be passed by the House of Representatives.

The conference and community event will examine the context, decisions, choices, and legacy of the 1974 federal court ruling that school assignment of children in the City of Boston was in violation of the 14th amendment of the constitution.

The case eventually made its way up to the Supreme Court which was tasked with determining whether IPR violates Article III or the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution.

As this is seen as yet another case that is described as an ongoing law enforcement challenge to the First Amendment of the Constitution against area activists, Iannicelli was in court on Tuesday, and Brandt appeared on Wednesday to express that they intend to move their cases forward.

In the decision, Justice Ginsburg, writing for the majority, explained that Supreme Court decisions made clear that the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution requires that «any fact that exposes a defendant to a greater potential sentence must be found by the jury, not a judge, and established beyond a reasonable doubt, not merely by a preponderance of evidence.»

The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution gives us protection against unreasonable searches and seizures.

Matthew Avitable, the mayor of Middleburgh, and the Firearms Policy Foundation are suing the state on the grounds that the ban violates the Second Amendment of the Constitution.

QUESTION: how do these laws and codes supersede the civil rights of parents as guaranteed by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States?

Instead, I think the use of a stingray should be consistent with the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution and pursuant to a search warrant.

The Anglo - Celt will host a live debate on the upcoming referendum on whether to repeal the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution.

Mr. Ato Dadzie was speaking on Joy FM's Super Morning Show on Parliament's rejection of a proposed amendment of the Constitution to hold the elections a month early.

Maybe a little bible but only Leviticus and likely didn't make it past the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution.

Instead, Spielberg has chosen to focus on a specific chunk of time: the months between the 16th President's re-election to a second term and his passing the 13th Amendment of the Constitution, abolishing slavery once and for all.

In addition, property owners may experience a taking under the regulation without adequate compensation, as prescribed under the 5th Amendment of the Constitution.

False, malicious and defamatory statements do not arise to political speech and are not protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.»

In the friend - of - the - court brief - filed in response to a lawsuit brought by local landowners against Rutherford County, Tennessee - the department argued that practicing Islam is a freedom protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution.

The amendment of the Constitution according to a judge's perception of moral truth is itself so obviously morally wrong that it seems almost superfluous to add that, in any event, Arkes and Ball would not get the results they want.

Religious free exercise is enshrined in the First Amendment of the Constitution's Bill of Rights alongside other basic human rights for a reason.

He also stated that the association was excited by the progress made in the amendment of the Constitution by the National Assembly, adding that the «exercise would greatly remove all constitutional impediments on the granting of autonomy through financial and administrative independence to the Office of the Auditors - General at the federal, state and local governments in the country.»

«We are united as a party and we believe the amendment of the constitution would unite us more and we are happy with attendance and comments by members of the caucus,» he added.

The MTA will begin an internal debate on its advertising policies in earnest today — just more than two months after its refusal of an anti-Muslim ad campaign was ruled to have violated the First Amendment of the Constitution.

The parents were concerned that a EUSD health and wellness program (HWP) that included yoga was in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the Constitution.

Senator Chris Murphy (Conn.), a tireless adversary of the first five amendments of the Constitution (at least), asked DeVos whether she thinks firearms have any place in or around schools.

This project, in which the highly diverse student body of Hunter are literally walking through the flag and First Amendment of the Constitution, is hopefully a conduit for conversation of what these things mean in our day - to - day lives.»