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History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment rights to legal due process and equal protection may be violated by a state.
by Michael K. Simpson (Politician, American , born in 1950) keywords: amendment, becomes, behalf, due, equal, extraordinarily, federal, government, history, individuals, intervene, legal, may, necessary, occasions, process, protection, rare, rights, shown, state, us, violated , whose I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
by L. Neil Smith (Writer, American , born in 1946) keywords: amendment, any, appointed, caught, constitutional, death, elected, government, hanging, level, lying, member, official, propose, providing, public, punishment, reason , shall As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate.
by Arlen Specter (Politician, American , born in 1930) keywords: amendment, constitution, constitutional, doctrine, inadequate, last, matter, measures, other, proved, resort, should, sound , traditional First, the firearms industry has been around and has been respected for generations. They provide a valuable service and a highly desirable product to millions of sportsmen and supporters of those second amendment rights.
by Cliff Stearns (Politician, American , born in 1941) keywords: amendment, around, been, desirable, firearms, first, generations, highly, industry, millions, product, provide, respected, rights, second, service, sportsmen, supporters, those , valuable The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the very core stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion.
by Potter Stewart (Judge, American , born in 1915) keywords: amendment, core, free, governmental, his, history, home, into, intrusion, long, man, own, personal, retreat, right, rights, secures, stands, unreasonable , very The Defense Department's plan to ban newspaper reporters from pool coverage of military operations is incredible. It reveals the administration to be out of touch with journalism, reality and the First Amendment.
by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger (Publisher, American , born in 1926) keywords: administration, amendment, ban, coverage, defense, department, first, incredible, journalism, military, newspaper, operations, out, plan, pool, reality, reporters, reveals , touch As a matter of history, the Fourteenth Amendment was not understood to ban segregation on the basis of race.
by Cass Sunstein (Lawyer, American , born in 1954) keywords: amendment, ban, basis, fourteenth, history, matter, race, segregation , understood I'm knocking our pitiful, pathetic lawmakers. And I thank God that President Bush has stated, we need a Constitutional amendment that states that marriage is between a man and a woman.
by Jimmy Swaggart (Clergyman, American , born in 1935) keywords: amendment, between, bush, constitutional, god, knocking, lawmakers, man, marriage, need, our, pathetic, pitiful, president, stated, states, thank , woman If U.S. national sovereignty continues, it is only as a state that Puerto Rico will have permanent 10th Amendment powers over its non-federal affairs, as well as voting power in Congress.
by Dick Thornburgh (Politician, American , born in 1932) keywords: affairs, amendment, congress, continues, national, only, over, permanent, power, powers, puerto, rico, sovereignty, state, voting, well , will Specifically, the reservation of sovereignty to the people of the states in matters not governed by federal law is constitutionally defined and permanently enshrined in the 10th Amendment.
by Dick Thornburgh (Politician, American , born in 1932) keywords: amendment, constitutionally, defined, enshrined, federal, governed, law, matters, permanently, reservation, sovereignty, specifically , states The question about those aromatic advertisements that perfume companies are having stitched into magazines these days is this: under the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment, is smelling up the place a constitutionally protected form of expression?
by Calvin Trillin (Journalist, American , born in 1935) keywords: advertisements, amendment, companies, constitutionally, days, expression, first, form, freedoms, guaranteed, having, into, magazines, perfume, place, protected, question, smelling, these, those, under , up There is no requirement that police stop a person who enters a police station and states that he wishes to confess a crime or a person who calls the police to offer a confession because volunteered statements of any kind are not barred by the 5th Amendment.
by Earl Warren (Judge, American , born in 1891) keywords: amendment, any, barred, because, calls, confess, confession, crime, enters, kind, offer, person, police, requirement, statements, states, station, stop, volunteered , wishes I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat.
by E. B. White (Comedian, American , born in 1899) keywords: amendment, assume, cat, editorial, first, office, only, over, thought, tripped, writer , your I am a Colorado native, and, no, I did not vote for the anti-gay amendment or the same-sex marriage ban, and I am not a member of a militia.
by Connie Willis (Writer, American , born in 1945) keywords: am, amendment, ban, colorado, did, marriage, member, militia, native, same-sex , vote The First Amendment does not guarantee the press a constitutional right of special access to information not available to the general public, nor does it cloak the inmate with special rights of freedom of speech.
by Pete Wilson (Politician, American , born in 1933) keywords: access, amendment, available, cloak, constitutional, does, first, freedom, general, guarantee, information, inmate, nor, press, public, right, rights, special , speech The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as a believer in the First Amendment, I believe they have more than a right to air their views.
by Bob Woodward (Journalist, American , born in 1943) keywords: air, amendment, authenticity, believe, believer, coup, first, made, more, questioning, right, silent, some, story, suggestions, than, their, times, views, washington , wrote But I know newspapers. They have the first amendment and they can tell any lie knowing it's a lie and they're protected if the person's famous or it's a company.
by Steve Wozniak (Businessman, American , born in 1950) keywords: amendment, any, company, famous, first, know, knowing, lie, newspapers, person, protected , tell
