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"I gotta make a living amends. I gotta find another way to be of service to the world."
"In a matter of days, the Senate can quickly process relevant amendments and pass this bill."
"Call your politician... the Loomis amendment is the good amendment, the other one is a bunch of bull crap."
"I would move under the 25th Amendment to get rid of, no matter who it was."
"The Constitution is an edict that has served us well because of how it was written. You can add to it but you should never take away from it."
"You need to believe in [the Second Amendment] even more today than you did yesterday."
"Grant signs the 15th Amendment, giving all male citizens the right to vote, regardless of color or race."
"I wonder if there is any talk at some point of updating the 14th."
"The purpose of the amendment is to allow us to prevent an overreaching government from assuming dictatorial powers over us."
"The 14th Amendment proves that the United States is on board with this new mission of equality for all."
"The 14th Amendment also includes the first time that the word 'equal' is used in the Constitution. And it becomes enshrined in our Constitution."
"Biochar is a carbon-based material right and with that being said it's not a fertilizer it's a soil amendment."
"The fix is complicated because our Constitution is extremely hard to amend."
"The Second Amendment is to protect the First Amendment. That's my view."
"The Ninth Amendment is the most important sentence in the whole Constitution."
"The amendment closes a huge gaping loophole in the law."
"This amendment would require exculpatory information to be provided to judges and the other side, ensuring fairness in the process."
"The founders gave us the power to amend the Constitution for a reason and we shouldn't be afraid to use it."
"After 50 years, the Hindu Succession Amendment Act of 2005 empowered daughters to have a share equal to that of sons in co-parcenary property."
"The only way to change it is to add an endorsement, staple it to the back, and now you amend the original contract."
"I went through the entire history of the 14th amendment the debate of the 14th amendment I could find privileges or immunities but I could never find substantive due process in any of the discussion."
"We really should not adopt this amendment and instead put in place the requirement to have sisa carry out this assessment on a every five-year basis."
"The 15th Amendment is meant to give black men the right to vote throughout the nation."
"I support this amendment wholeheartedly and I find it difficult to understand... how someone could oppose an amendment whose sole purpose is to condemn racist slurs used repeatedly, publicly, and viciously against one Supreme Court Justice."
"The only way to defend your first amendment is if you use your second amendment."
"It's the first time that African-American citizenship, birthright citizenship, citizenship by virtue of being born in the country was written into the constitution in the 14th amendment."
"An amendment to the Constitution would be the only way to end slavery because it would guarantee that slavery could not be reestablished in any state or territory."
"The people being the only force allowed to change the Constitution are the most important part of the nation."
"The Constitution doesn't change. If you want to change it, there is an amendment provision. Amend it."
"Eleventh Amendment is going to prohibit that type of claim unless an exception applies."
"The First Amendment is the right to free speech."
"I'm so excited. As far as amending our potatoes, we always do bone meal, we use fish bone meal this past year."
"The framers gave a good bit of thought to coming up with an amendment process."
"Does the First Amendment protect false speech? Yes."
"The 14th Amendment is a promise. Protection, equality, due process and liberty."
"The 14th Amendment's clause around birthright citizenship is absolutely pivotal in moving us from a white male settler nation into a future in which there was a possibility for diversity within our democracy."
"If it's a situation where it can be amended, and I can help with that, then y'all know I'm gonna try."
"Amendment 20 attempts to deal with this problem by removing the requirement for annual reporting of no change for those businesses in receipt of small business rate relief."
"If you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly act justly one with another... I will dwell with you."
"The limitation of the federal government's power is affirmed under the 10th Amendment to the United States Constitution."
"Propose that the task force and stakeholders amend the objectives of the program to ensure they're adequately assisting the community."
"The seventh amendment's guarantee of a jury trial is not just a legal formality; it's a fundamental right."
"Only an amendment can change the Constitution."
"The 15th amendment granted voting rights regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
"The Constitution protects freedom of the press; it is our first amendment to the Constitution because I believe it's our most important Amendment."
"They're going to immediately start working on something called the 14th Amendment."
"Section 3 of the 14th Amendment remains of direct and dramatic relevance today, a vital, fully operative rule of constitutional law with potentially far-reaching contemporary real-world consequences."
"The only way you open that lid and put a new power in Congress's bucket is if we amend the document."
"Congress passed the 19th Amendment that granted women the right to vote."
"I'm sorry for what I did, and I'm trying to right the wrong."
"What can be so bad about an amendment which attempts to ensure that you will not be treated differently because you're a woman?"
"The 14th Amendment was written to give formerly enslaved people's citizenship."
"Only a voting rights amendment can fix these flaws in our constitution."
"The 15th amendment allowed blacks and African-Americans the right to vote."
"The 19th amendment allowed women to vote."
"The 22nd amendment limited the number of times that a person can be elected president."
"The 24th amendment made it illegal to charge a poll tax."
"The 26th amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18."
"The 10th amendment is the bedrock of federalism."
"The Fourteenth Amendment... laws could not favor or persecute citizens based on things like race."
"The Fifteenth Amendment... provides their own voting rights for blacks."
"Freedom of speech is the first amendment."
"The First Amendment grants us the right of freedom of press."
"Wherever there is an invasion of privacy, it should to be prohibited by the Fourth Amendment."
"I love the First Amendment and I encourage people to be nice."
"The 14th amendment of 1868 was a pronounced reconstruction amendment that allowed for guaranteed rights of citizenship and equal protection under the law for all Americans."
"The 13th amendment... provided for the emancipation of all slaves."
"The original intent of the 13th amendment was that black folk are now free, slavery is now forbidden."
"I already have permission from the First Amendment."
"Most pornography is protected by the First Amendment."
"The 13th amendment abolishing slavery had not touched it at all; it declared men free but did nothing to provide them with work or homes."
"The 15th Amendment... suffrage could not be denied based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
"The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all those that are born in the United States."
"Suffrage could not be denied based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
"The 15th Amendment... would help ensure Republican support in the South from blacks."
"The difficulty to amend the Constitution stops short-term trends from having a long-term impact."
"The Second Amendment clearly is written into the Constitution."
"The real purpose of the Second Amendment was to prevent tyranny."