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To reach its result, the court necessarily has had to find within the scope of the 14th Amendment a right that was apparently completely unknown to the drafters of the amendment, William Rehnquist
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We just disagree that the business community's private property rights trumps my Second Amendment rights.
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This text amendment to our zoning code is a welcome and needed provision. It allows for the local elected officials to not have their hands tied in making decisions for future development requests. John Ryan
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The Orderly Liquidation Authority prescribed by Dodd-Frank should be repealed and replaced by an amendment to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code which would operate to prevent cross-default provisions from impacting derivatives books so long as mark-to-market payments are being made in a timely fashion. Paul Singer
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The original order was a clear violation of the First Amendment and should have never been signed by a judge. We're glad that we were able to correct this constitutional transgression without a more involved legal battle.
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It would be a tragedy for the First Amendment and for this country if valuable speech about sex were unavailable to adults and minors throughout this country and that would be the effect if this law goes into effect.
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It was to remedy what was a very egregious violation of people's First Amendment rights to free speech and assemble.
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The Second Amendment is probably one of the least respected amendments that we have, mainly because there's not enough education about firearms. So we're hoping that this event will raise awareness for firearms and incite some very good discussions about the Second Amendment and gun rights.
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The state's Transportation Improvement Plan had an amendment to it. What it means is, the intersections will be funded for improvements in FY06 and will most likely go to construction in spring or summer of this year.
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The state is not going to restrict their First Amendment rights, just as we don't restrict the political giving of thousands of people who contract with the state of Texas.
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I understand there may be an opportunity for the Amendment on another bill, like energy, and you know we will do whatever we can to help... Thanks for all you've done. Tom DeLay
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I used the First Amendment to protect sources and to protect some journalists, and I felt very strongly about that, ... It was a serious criminal investigation, and I felt compelled to protect the sources of information and the journalists reporting the information.
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We welcome today's lease amendment, and when that amendment becomes final, we will immediately begin to examine available options in San Diego County. The Chargers are very hopeful that the amendment will result in the building of a new Super Bowl-caliber stadium in San Diego County.
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We feel very strongly that this wasn't the approach in which we would have chosen to debate this incredibly important issue, ... We are having to deal with very unfair and very unfortunate circumstances, so we will present our case through the amendment process. Tom Daschle
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We felt that under the First Amendment free speech protections that we did not have the right to, based on content, refuse the ad.
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The subcommittee missed an opportunity to maintain the free and open Internet that we have come to value over the years. The amendment ... would have set fair and reasonable boundaries on the conduct of telephone and cable companies which now will have control over the Internet, while guaranteeing the rights of consumers.
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The tape is not direct evidence, but is indeed, unreliable hearsay, which violates the defendant's Sixth Amendment rights. The defendant cannot cross-examine a videotape. Mark Brown
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The tension we have is whether a private institution should live by societal First Amendment protection or whether a private institution should go its own way. At this point, Syracuse as an institution tilts toward having a code and enforcing it.
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SOS has such a good reputation in the community, and for the most part well-deserved, that I and apparently others that helped found the organization felt compelled to point out the problems with the proposed amendment and try to educate the community that just saying no isn't the answer to water quality.
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Immortality awaits the legislator fortunate enough to have a significant law named after him. Think of Pell grants or Stafford loans for students, Sarbanes-Oxley to regulate Wall Street, or the Hyde Amendment on abortions. Jim Cooper
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The biggest concern with that amendment are annual increases with no decreases. If we have substantial bad economic times, it continues to go up. David Daniels
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The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. Thomas Jefferson
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The bankruptcy law was not intended to attack physicians but it is the law of unintended consequences. You just can't look at the bankruptcy law in isolation. You must look at it in the context of Amendment 8, the 'three strikes' law.
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It's important that kids feel free to exercise their First Amendment rights, but they should also know that it isn't without consequences.
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It's increasingly clear that the government is involved in political surveillance of organizations that are involved in nothing more than lawful First Amendment activities, ... It raises very serious questions about whether the FBI is back to its old tricks. Anthony Romero
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It's unfortunate that those that oppose the marriage amendment are using issues like domestic violence as scare tactics.
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It is up to us to let people know what is very important and passing a class-size amendment is very important.
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It's a good day for democracy in Illinois and for the First Amendment and the freedoms it gives citizens to speak and assemble. Everyone should be free to conduct a funeral without the harassment of a hate group.
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It's fair to say the White House has made the case -- both the president and the vice president -- that the McCain amendment is harmful, Roy Blunt
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It seems to me one thing to criticize her for certain errors in particular coverage, but it's deeply disturbing to see so many journalists ignore or discount the significant 1st Amendment battle she has just engaged in. Floyd Abrams
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It's hard to describe how many parts of the U.S. Constitution this law actually violates . . . It interferes with constitutional guarantees regarding contracts (to rent rooms), families, equal protection, even First Amendment issues like freedom of association. ... It's hard to believe any attorney actually reviewed this law. Jonathan Turley
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It's limited enough that you're not unduly focusing on anyone's First Amendment rights.
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It should not be the end of the privacy debate to say that technological change takes information outside the protection of the Fourth Amendment as interpreted by the courts 25 years ago, ... What we need is to translate the Fourth Amendment's vision of limited government power and personal privacy to the global, decentralized, networked environment of the Internet.