Sentences with phrase «favor of a constitutional amendment»
He voted in favor of a constitutional amendment that would allow legislators and other officials convicted on corruption charges to be stripped of their pensions.
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Like any sane person, I am against Same - Sex Marriage, and in favor of a constitutional amendment to ban it.
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The right - wing faction has promoted the school prayer amendment to the Consitituion and similar initiatives to declare America a «Christian nation;» it is workingintently to bring about a constitutional convention at which its representatives could propose curtailments of various freedoms; is drafting laws to confer official favor on specific religious establishments.
This right - wing faction has promoted the school prayer amendment to the Constitution and similar initiatives to declare America a «Christian nation»; it is working intently to bring about a constitutional convention at which its representatives could propose curtailments of various freedoms, is drafting laws to confer official favor on specific religious establishments.
Martins told Long Island Business News: «I fully and unequivocally support redistricting reform and voted in favor of the most recent constitutional amendment that was passed by the Senate... Unfortunately, there are still those who would have the very process of reform turned on its head to become a bitter, partisan one.»
Republicans favor a constitutional amendment to change the redistricting process, but Democrats complain that will put off reform another 10 years, avoiding the redrawing of district lines next year.
The constitutional change can occur only after two separately elected Legislatures and a public referendum in favor of the amendment, something that could happen by November 2013.
Giving providers assurance that guidelines can be used only in their favor may be an important step toward gaining their support; but allowing such one - sided use of evidence in a court of law raises disturbing questions of fairness and of validity under the U.S. Constitution's Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments» due process and equal protection mandates, and under state constitutional principles as well.