Quotes about amendment
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I think the First Amendment is probably the most important thing that you have in this country. And I'm always horrified at the cavalier way that you (Americans) treat it. Neil Gaiman
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I think the direction this amendment has taken has been foreshadowed in the past few years. Developers file at the last minute just to see if they can buy more time, but single-asset cases aren't favored, and they haven't been favored for some time. Judges have seen enough of these cases that they no longer buy pie-in-the-sky projections from developers. The changes reflect what many judges I was dealing with were imposing anyway. Robert Nelson
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We support that they will express their First Amendment rights.
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When I proposed this amendment to the Legislature, it simply removed segregationist language from our constitution -- something I hope all Alabamians would support. Bob Riley
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There is an article in the constitution concerning the amendment and we are determined to change all articles that risk leading to a division of Iraq.
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It gives us some guidelines for coming back and drawing an amendment that will pass the court's muster.
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He is inclined to the view of the First Amendment that the government is not intended to be hostile to religion. It is intended to be accommodating when it can.
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He has supported overturning Roe vs. Wade in the form of aconstitutional amendment to protect the unborn child. He hasarticulated a policy that is strongly pro-life. And he has said hewould appoint strict constructionists to the Supreme Court,
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He is actually an elected official, ... You never really give up your First Amendment right, but there is a duty of prudence. Joe Cannon
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He feels vindicated by knowing the courts have recognized he had a First Amendment right to display the Confederate flag as a reflection of his Southern heritage and traditions that he viewed as important.
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From the outside, it looks like this amendment to the complaint was merely for manipulating the sentence, Alan Page
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For three years now, the administration has been sending the message that cruel and inhuman treatment is OK. Now the McCain amendment is going to wipe all of that away. It reminds everybody who's on the front line that the rules are the rules, and if somebody tells you they don't apply, don't listen to them.
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If we lose under California state law, which I don't expect, that is not the end of it. The next step would be a federal lawsuit based on infringement of the Second Amendment of the Constitution. Wayne LaPierre
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If someone steals your identity and goes into the hospital and has medical treatment, you will have a medical record in your name that doesn't match your body. All you do is put in an amendment that says you disagree with it.
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If we're going to change the laws, let's change them in ways which makes it easier to catch criminals, and yet at the same time protect the Second Amendment rights of our law-abiding citizens. John Dingell
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If this amendment passes, it takes us back to where we were before the session. Employers would be able to do whatever they want to do.
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If we can't have the courage to tell our constituents, hey, we've got to cut back, then if we can point to something and say, I would like to vote for more benefits for you, but this balanced budget amendment or statutory spending cap or whatever the device is, is preventing me from doing it. Jeff Flake
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We're trying to stand up not only for First Amendment rights that have been recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court but for regular people who want to challenge incumbent politicians and require reasonable resources to do that. This law makes it very difficult to unseat an incumbent--if you hit your limit you can't even drive yourself to a campaign event.
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The Republican Party supported the Equal Rights Amendment before the Democratic Party did. But what happened was that a lot of very right-wing Democrats, after the civil rights bill of 1964, left the Democratic Party and gradually have taken over the Republican Party. Gloria Steinem
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There are not supposed to be designated cages where you can exercise your First Amendment rights. It's supposed to be all over this country. Medea Benjamin
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For the life of me, I don't understand what honest motive there is in putting this in front of this body to philosophically debate marriage on a constitutional amendment that is not going to happen, and which is enormously divisive in all of our communities. Dianne Feinstein
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I don't support gay marriage, but I also don't support a constitutional amendment banning it. However, I do support same sex unions that would give gay couples all the rights, privileges and protections of marriage. Bob Casey, Jr.
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Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth. Will Rogers
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This rejection is gratifying and shows that public welfare is still behind the decision-making process. We are grateful to all those who participated in voicing their rejection to this amendment and hope that this line of communication always stays open.
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No one respects the First Amendment more than I do. People have a right to express their concerns and their hopes and dreams to their government. Anthony Foxx
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The government cannot devise and enforce it's own ratings systems. For a variety of First Amendment reasons it just can't be done, ... Indeed, the FTC report clearly states there are serious First Amendment problems. Jack Valenti
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The government argues that First Amendment rights are outweighed by the need to prosecute those who transmit classified information and documents. Noam Chomsky
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The Senate voted 59 to 39 in favor of an amendment I offered to the Budget Resolution calling on the Fed to tell the American people who they loaned $2.2 trillion to and how much each bank received. Bernie Sanders
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Yes, Virginia voters will approve the amendment when asked, probably handily. After all, it gives them the right to re-elect a governor they like. They can still send packing a governor they dislike. Larry Sabato
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While we all support First Amendment Rights, we simply cannot countenance statements and shows that are replete with racism, stereotyping, and profiling. John Conyers
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First Amendment issues are always unpopular. That's why we need a First Amendment. Floyd Abrams
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The governor's HOPE amendment is designed to keep the Democrats from spending lottery dollars on things other than HOPE and pre-K, which is what they did before Sonny Perdue was governor.
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We will immediately begin a broad, statewide effort to educate voters about this amendment and build on the public support we've already garnered.