Word: amendment
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...bill, which would make it easier to amend the council's constitution, received 35 of the approximately 67 "yes" votes currently required to pass a constitutional amendment. The remaining votes will be collected via phone and e-mail during the coming week...
...Supreme Court case of Gregg v. Georgia decided that the death penalty does not violate the Eighth Amendment. From a "framer's intent" perspective, the Founders could not possibly have meant to exclude capital punishment from the Constitution since the death penalty was quite prevalent in every part of the Union in the late 18th century. If society decides that capital punishment is in fact cruel and unusual, it ought to amend the Constitution to outlaw it; the death penalty thus falls well within the category of institutions to be established by the majority on a state-by-state basis...
...places where Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was often present. During the Gulf War, coalition forces attacked Saddam's palaces and bunkers. Now the Pentagon is ready with a new list of his hangouts. And if Clinton wanted to send a sniper instead of a cruise missile, he could amend Executive Order...
...other council business, a bill proposing a discretionary spending fund that would enable the council president to pursue projects independently of the council failed to gain the two-thirds majority needed to amend the council's constitutional bylaws.CrimsonRobert J. Coolbrith...
Buell, who teaches in the Core as the Marquand professor of English, was unsuccessful in his attempt to amend the CRC proposal...