Constitutional Amendment

• Constitutional amendments

• Constitutional Amendment On Redistricting Approved by Mainers

BANGOR, Maine -- Mainers have approved by a 5-percent margin a constitutional amendment altering the state's voter redistricting process. Question 4, which sought to adjust the schedule used for the voter reapportionment process every 10 years and require a two- thirds vote of the Legislature for congressional redistricting, jumped to a razor-thin lead in early results tabulated by the Bangor Daily News and widened that lead through the night. By early Wednesday, with 517 out of 594 precincts reporting, Question 4 was winning with nearly 53 percent of the vote.

• Bangor Daily News
• November 15, 2011

• New Haven's Desire to Let Non-Citizens Vote May Require State Constitutional Amendment

By Mary E. O'Leary Register Topics Editor moleary@nhregister.com NEW HAVEN -- Allowing non-citizen residents to vote in municipal elections, which the city is proposing, appears to require a state constitutional amendment and not just enabling legislation, according to the secretary of the state's office.

• New Haven Register
• January 06, 2012

• Americans United says proposed Florida constitutional amendment keeps voters in the dark.

Rabbi Merrill Shapiro has spent the past few years battling proposed taxpayer aid to religious schools and other ministries in Florida. Shapiro, pre...

• Church & State
• Vol. 64 Nbr. 8, September 2011

• ; Kettering Woman Supports Constitutional Amendment.

DAYTON -- A group supporting legalization of medical marijuana in Ohio has taken the first steps to place a Constitutional amendment on the November 2012 ballot. Supporters turned in 2,143 signatures on petitions containing summary language of the proposed amendment to Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, who has sent the signatures out to local boards of election to verify.

• Dayton Daily News
• August 01, 2011

• ; Democrats Resist Tying Debt Rise to Constitutional Amendment

House Republicans are prepared for a Tuesday vote on their signature debt-reduction plan that calls for a balanced-budget constitutional amendment, despite Democratic opposition and a White House veto threat. Meanwhile, Senate party leaders said Monday they will keep their members in session every day - including weekends - until they agree to a compromise to increase the nation's $14.29 trillion debt ceiling.

• The Washington Times
• July 19, 2011

• ; Bipartisan Constitutional Amendment Needed to Restore Fiscal Sanity

House Speaker John A. Boehner scheduled a vote on the one bill that would take the nation off the path to certain bankruptcy. In exchange for some GOP votes on his debt-ceiling deal, Mr. Boehner set a possible Friday vote on the Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA). Democrats ought to put partisanship aside and embrace this fiscally responsible measure. Freshmen and fiscal hawks didn't like the original plan of a token vote on the constitutional amendment in late fall. Indiana Rep. Mike Pence told the Republican conference two days ago that he wouldn't support a debt deal without a real shot at getting the amendment through the Capitol and to the states. The Hoosier's strategy was to bring up a bill that had been supported by Democrats when it passed the House 15 years ago. "I thought, the r...

• The Washington Times
• July 29, 2011

• Guide to Constitutional Amendment Ballot Questions

Candidates for office are not the only matters on the Nov. 7 general election ballot in Key West and Monroe County. Six state constitutional amendments will also be placed before the voters. As these are at the end of the ballot, many voters are often surprised when they see these issues for which there has generally been little publicity. Unlike candidates, ballot issues rarely have massive television and print media campaigns waged "for" or "against" them. This amendment would change the number of votes needed to amend the Constitution - from a simple majority, as it is today, to three-fifths or 60 percent. The Legislature placed this amendment on the ballot contending that it is too easy for organizations to bankroll a change in the state constitution. It has the backing of a coaliti...

• Solares Hill
• August 12, 2009

• Who's Afraid of Original Meaning?

Originalists like Justice Scalia have always considered constitutional amendments as essential to capturing original constitutional meaning; indeed, originalists have long insisted that constitutional amendment is the only legitimate way to bring about constitutional change. [...] when originalists speak of "the Constitution" they necessarily include amendments to the Constitution as such amendments may legitimately alter constitutional meaning.

• Policy Review
• Nbr. 164, December 2010

• Remarks On a Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Protect Marriage

Today, 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or statute defining marriage as a union of a man and a woman. These amendments and laws express a broad consensus in our country for protecting the institution of marriage. The people have spoken. Unfortunately, this consensus is being undermined by activist judges and local officials who have struck down State laws protecting marriage and made an aggressive attempt to redefine marriage.

• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
• August 10, 2009

• Colombia and Venezuela: Testing the Propaganda Model

Uribe's commitment to democracy was revealed again in June 2008, when the Colombian Supreme Court sentenced a member of the Colombian Congress to house arrest for accepting bribes from the Uribe government in exchange for supporting the 2004 constitutional amendment allowing for presidential reelection.

• NACLA Report on the Americas
• Vol. 41 Nbr. 6, November 2008