The Connally amendment says that the United States, rather than the court, shall determine whether a matter is essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of the United States in a case before the World Court to which the United States is a party.

What better affirmative step could be taken to this end than repeal of the Connally amendment -- an act which could expose the United States to no practical risk yet would put an end to our self-judging attitude toward the court, enable us to utilize it, and advance in a tangible way the cause of international law and order??

The third amended the enabling act for creation of the Lamar county Hospital District, for which a special constitutional amendment previously was adopted.

After implementing the Emancipation Proclamation, which did not apply to every state, Lincoln increased pressure on Congress to outlaw slavery throughout the entire nation with a constitutional amendment.

Or, third, it incorporates the United Kingdom rules of succession into the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, which itself can now be altered only by Australia, according to the Australia Act 1986 ; in that way, the British rules of succession have been patriated to Australia and, with regard to Australia, are subject to amendment or repeal solely by Australian law.

In 2003, together with fellow Roman Catholic MP Edward Leigh, Widdecombe proposed an amendment opposing repeal of Section 28 of the Local Government Act, which banned the promotion of homosexuality by local governments.

Arias thus remained barred from a second term as president ; however, in April 2003 – by which time two of the four judges who had voted against the change in 2000 had been replaced – the Court reconsidered the issue and, with the only dissenters being the two anti-reelection judges remaining from 2000, declared the 1969 amendment null and thus opened the way to reelection for former presidents – which in practice meant Arias.

His bill was passed quickly by the House of Commons but was stalled by the Senate, which returned the bill to the Commons with the recommendation that the holiday be renamed The National Holiday of Canada, an amendment that effectively killed the bill.

He also signed the Worker's Compensation Act of 1910, which required a compulsory, employer-paid plan of compensation for workers injured in hazardous industries and a voluntary system for other workers ; after the New York Court of Appeals ruled the law unconstitutional in 1911, a popular referendum was held that successfully made the law an amendment in the New York Constitution.

In early 1954 the Old Guard put forward a constitutional amendment, called the Bricker Amendment, which would curtail international agreements by the Chief Executive, such as the Yalta Agreements ; Eisenhower opposed the measure.

* 1933 – Prohibition in the United States ends: Utah becomes the 36th U. S. state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 75 % of states needed to enact the amendment ( this overturned the 18th Amendment which had made the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol illegal in the United States ).

Daniel Webster, an alumnus of the class of 1801, presented the College's case to the Supreme Court, which found the amendment of Dartmouth's charter to be an illegal impairment of a contract by the state and reversed New Hampshire's takeover of the College.

The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, which was an amendment to the larger and unrelated SAFE Port Act, included " carve out " language that clarified the legality of fantasy sports.

As these powers, which correspond to US executive orders, affect constitutional basic rights, the law was enacted in the same manner as a constitutional amendment.

An amendment has recently been made to the constitution to demarcate at least the responsibility for EU military operations, which are unambiguously matters of national security and foreign policy.

Essentially, she established an organization which put forth an amendment to the laws of the county which resulted in the firing of many public school teachers on the suspicion that they were homosexual.

IEEE 802. 15. 3a was an attempt to provide a higher speed UWB PHY enhancement amendment to IEEE 802. 15. 3 for applications which involve imaging and multimedia.

This defines a PHY amendment adds new rf spectrum specifications to address the Chinese regulatory changes which have opened the 314-316 MHz, 430-434 MHz, and 779-787 MHz bands for Wireless PAN use within China.

802. 11n is an amendment which improves upon the previous 802. 11 standards by adding multiple-input multiple-output antennas ( MIMO ).

Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi, was able to fulfill her father's dream by the 42nd amendment ( 1976 ) of the Indian constitution by which India officially became " socialist " and " secular ".

" In Joseph Story's 1833 treatise Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, he wrote, " t is a most important and valuable amendment ; and places upon the high ground of constitutional right the inestimable privilege of a trial by jury in civil cases, a privilege scarcely inferior to that in criminal cases, which is conceded by all to be essential to political and civil liberty.

Germany recalled its ambassador to protest the " increasing brutality " of the regime, and foreign donors pressed Moi to allow other parties, which was done in December 1991 through a constitutional amendment.

This amendment comes in discordance with the UN Security Council Resolution 1559, which called for a new presidential election in Lebanon.

Those who opposed the amendment in North America became known as the " Unamended fellowship " and allowed the teaching that God either could not or would not raise those who had no covenant relationship with him.

Working with his brother Thomas ( also a Stanford graduate and a lawyer ), Crothers identified and corrected numerous major legal defects in the terms of the university's founding grant and successfully lobbied for an amendment to the California state constitution granting Stanford an exemption from taxation on its educational property — a change which allowed Jane Stanford to donate her stock holdings to the university.

Another amendment allowed anyone to own and trade in copies of books, undermining the Stationers.

The amendment effectively makes Cuba a U. S. protectorate and allowed for American intervention in Cuban affairs in 1906, 1912, 1917, and 1920.

An 1838 constitutional amendment allowed voters to elect the Governor to three-year terms from one of three rotating gubernatorial districts: eastern, southern, and western.

In November 2004, Mobile County voters narrowly ( 500 votes out of 100, 000 cast on the issue ) defeated a local amendment which would have allowed Prichard to set up a special trade zone.

Gramm ’ s amendment would have allowed the Bush administration to waive the terms of the D ' Amato Amendment if it found that sanctions against Iraq hurt US businesses and farms more than they hurt Iraq.

An amendment in 1993 allowed airlines to provide direct transatlantic services to Dublin, but still 50 % of transatlantic flights had to originate or stop over in Shannon.

On December 8, 2009, she voted against the Nelson-Hatch-Casey amendment which proposed to ban federal funding for private plans that covered elective abortions but allowed individuals to purchase separate individual riders that would cover abortions.

Sadat had also pushed forward a constitutional amendment that would have allowed him to stand for re-election as President more than twice.

The Legislative Body was not allowed to elect its own president or to regulate its own procedure, or to propose a law or an amendment, or to vote on the budget in detail, or to make its deliberations public.

An amendment that would have allowed Irish peers to sit in the House as well was defeated by ninety votes to eight.

In 1997, however, the 16th amendment allowed a president to be elected any number of times, but not more than twice in a row.

A 1904 amendment to the 1889 Imperial Household Law allowed minor princes ( ō ) of the imperial family to renounce their imperial status and become peers ( in their own right ) or heirs to childless peers.

In July 1662, Ashley sponsored an amendment to the Act of Uniformity that would have allowed Protestant Nonconformists to allow for late subscription, giving moderate dissenters an additional opportunity to conform.

This amendment allowed the tracts of land surrounding and within the famous tourist spot to be developed by the provincial government and other entities that have control over the area.

A large part of why the Supreme Court of Canada ruled against the abortion law in 1988 had to do with how amendments to the criminal code that allowed abortions ( amendment to Section 251 ) worked.

She offered an amendment to the original bill that allowed for tax credits to school teachers who purchase classroom materials.

She voted against an amendment to the bill that would have allowed defendants the right to habeas corpus.

Under Calles's rule in 1926, a constitutional change was passed that allowed for a non-consecutive re-election, and in 1928 Obregón was elected as Calles's successor ; this amendment was later repealed in 1934.

In addition, Mexico passed an amendment to the constitution in 1927 that allowed a President to serve a six-year term.

In 2002 he proposed an amendment to Malawi's constitution that would have allowed him to run for a third term, but this was abandoned due to the move being blocked by the National Assembly of Malawi Members of Parliament, courts, and demonstrations against him.

This amendment was designed to close a loophole which allowed those running affiliate programs to allow spammers to abuse their programs, and encouraged such businesses to assist the FTC in identifying such spammers.

Abdullah Gül became Prime Minister, but a constitutional amendment in 2003 allowed Erdoğan to take his place.