Sentences with phrase «described as an amendment»

It has been commonly described as an amendment designed to ensure that parliament would get a meaningful vote on the withdrawal agreement.

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In response, Jay Dickey, an Arkansas Republican who described himself as the National Rifle Association's «point person in Congress,» submitted an amendment to strip the CDC budget of $ 2.6 million, the amount it spent on firearms research the previous year.

Cruz has arguably been making a Byrd case for his amendment in recent days, by describing it as direct taxpayer subsidization of people's high medical costs.

Corporations are not people and do not enjoy religious liberty as described by the First Amendment.

As a supporter of the proposed federal marriage amendment, my position might be described as pro-choicAs a supporter of the proposed federal marriage amendment, my position might be described as pro-choicas pro-choice.

She had a bill introduced to the South Carolina State legislature to do so, but Bryant had an amendment added describing the mammoth «as created on the sixth day along with the beasts of the field.»

agos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Friday called for the closure of the Federal Land Registry in Lagos, describing it as an aberration which the current ongoing Constitutional amendment process must address in line with the principle of fiscal federalism.

«My amendment 4 is based on a simple point of principle, namely that a motion can be passed by a simple majority of one, as has been the case from time immemorial — from the very inception of our parliamentary process in what is sometimes described as the «mother of Parliaments».

McMurray also describes himself as a supporter of the Second Amendment, but he says the country needs to be able to respond to clear problems like school shootings.

The November ballot amendment would permit the Senate and the Assembly to appoint members to what the amendment describes as an «independent» commission to redraw legislative district lines every ten years, as required by the census.

In his words, Senator Dino Melaye (APC Kogi West) commended the move just as urged other Senators to support the amendment describing it as justifiable.

A local governance expert, George Kyei Baffour has described as flawed proposals by some members of the New Patriotic Party as part of possible amendments to their constitution.

As a result Liberal Democrat peers have described amendments whipped by their colleagues in the lower house as an «elephant trap» and a «blunderbuss approach», the Tories point ouAs a result Liberal Democrat peers have described amendments whipped by their colleagues in the lower house as an «elephant trap» and a «blunderbuss approach», the Tories point ouas an «elephant trap» and a «blunderbuss approach», the Tories point out.

The idea of providing special gun privileges not enjoyed by the general public is what many Second Amendment activists describe as a «cops - only» gun bill.

Marafa, who is also the spokesperson of the Senate Unity Forum, while speaking with Punch described the proposed amendments as «dead on arrival.»

«Intriguingly, the statement goes into great depth discussing the under - construction constitutional amendment detailed in Friday's TU — so much depth that one would think it had already been rolled out with a Red Room presser featuring Gov. Andrew Cuomo, legislative leaders and representatives from Citizens Union, whose members have been most vocal in pressing for the constitutional change as thus far described,» reads the Times Union post.

Afterward, we're in Lincoln's private chambers as he describes this dream to his wife, Mary Todd (Sally Field), who eventually suggests that it's a vision of his role in the forthcoming political battle to pass the 13th constitutional amendment abolishing slavery.

Later describing himself as an atheist who is becoming more open - minded toward faith, Oswalt questions the widely - held practice of respecting other's beliefs and proceeds to attack those who vote against gay marriage amendments because «they like a book», equating the Bible with any old literature.

Cradle for rights Your readers of the July 15 editorial [«Sound the alarm»] about our First Amendment rights might find of interest the Virginia Bill of Rights [which] served as a basis of the federal Bill of Rights you so well described in your editorial.

And given that the paper is open that» criteria for determining ratings were defined prior to the rating period, some clarifications and amendments were required as specific situations presented themselves» I am unconvinced that the research protocol as described WAS broken.

In April 2014, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found the regulation's requirement that issuers describe their products as «not been found to be DRC conflict - free», to be a violation of the First Amendment's right to free speech, but the court left the bulk of the conflict minerals Rule intact, including the requirement to report on supply chain due diligence measures.

Larry Bodine describes the ruling as a victory for the First Amendment.

At Overlawyered, Walter Olson offers a round - up of articles that describe various laws such as the Buckley Amendment (FERPA), the HIPAA medical - privacy law and disabled - rights law, which constrain universities from inquiring about the mental health of students, notifying parents about suicidal tendencies or taking other action to deal with mentally ill students who may pose a threat to themselves or others.

While Bill C - 66, An Act to establish a procedure for expunging certain historically unjust convictions and to make related amendments to other Acts («Bill C - 66»), was described by Member of Parliament Randy Boissonnault as a law intended to address criminal offences that were used «to victimize LGBTQ2S + people systematically,» the Legal Network and HALCO are -LSB-...]

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 forwarAs 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 forwaras 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 forwaras 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.

As Adam Cohen describes in this New York Times story, because the Internet disseminates material published in the United States worldwide, authors and journalists otherwise protected by the First Amendment are finding themselves dragged within the purview of the more restrictive libel laws on the books in other countries.

The amendments also set forth the rule provisions in a simpler format for greater clarity and accessibility, with no changes in practice except as described.

The accusations came after a 2005 constitutional law class in which Peltz, a nationally known authority on the First Amendment and freedom of information, was described as having criticized affirmative action and having displayed a belittling satirical article from The Onion on Rosa Parks.

Basically, the author is saying that if the First Amendment were interpreted in the way described, as an all - purpose shield — and therefore, journalists were not subject to libel laws, and could not be searched or deposed — then journalists, being all but above the law at that point, would have a tremendous amount of power.

The amendments retained fraud as a criminal act in the part of the law governing crimes against property, which could be described as fraud in general.

Although a significant majority of all respondents were in favour of amending the Divorce Act to change the language used to describe the post-separation care of children from «custody» and «access» to alternative terminology such as «parental responsibilities» and «parenting time,» a slightly larger proportion of respondents from Alberta supported the proposed amendment than respondents from the rest of Canada.

Writing in a similar vein in his recent Columbia Law Review article, Kevin Reitz describes the Supreme Court's Sixth Amendment jurisprudence as «constitutional Swiss cheese.»

«Modest» is an appropriate word to describe this change, as it is to describe the Committee's aspirations for the proposed amendment: «It can not be expected to cure all adversary excesses, but it will do some good.»

The committee that spearheaded this amendment to Florida's Bar Rules was lead by Florida attorney John M. Stewart, who, as described in an ABA Journal article, became convinced over time that understanding technology was of the utmost importance to lawyers practicing law in the 21st century:

Writing in a similar vein in his Columbia Law Review article, Kevin Reitz describes the Supreme Court's Sixth Amendment jurisprudence as «constitutional Swiss cheese.»)

(1.2) If a regulation described in subsection (1.1) so provides, a code, standard, guideline or procedure adopted by reference shall be a reference to it, as amended from time to time, and whether the amendment was made before or after the regulation was adopted.

The Court found it necessary to create this new duty in order to address what described in the 1987 Law Commission of Ontario Report on amendment of the law of contract as,

So there are a lot of provisions related to voting on a federal level, e.g. the electoral college is described in article II (interestingly, clause 2 says: «Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors -LSB-...]») and the 17th amendment prescribes the direct election of senators in each state -LRB-» -LSB-...] two Senators from each State, elected by the people -LSB-...]»).

After throat - clearing describing the Senate's roles as a legislative chamber of «sober second thought,» and one in which both the regions of Canada and minorities, not well represented in the House of Commons, could have a voice, the substantive part of the Court's opinion begins with a discussion of the nature of the Canadian constitution and constitutional amendment.

NHLF also quoted from the government's 2013 - 2023 health plan, and described the proposed RDA amendments as counterintuitive to its bipartisan support:

Focusing on the Native Title Amendment Bill (No 2) and amendments to the provisions of the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 andthe power of the Australian Government to compulsorily acquire five - year leases over certain land, the Report describes the relevant consultation processes as inadequate in several key aspects.

Accordingly, the Bureau is adopting the general requirement that an itemized list of fees and charges be disclosed and § 1026.37 (f) and its accompanying commentary generally as proposed, except to the extent that amendments are made to the subparagraphs and accompanying commentary as described below.