amendment
In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
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We need tp expand SCOTUS by four come 2029, and fill the seats with progs. It can be done via statute, no Amendment needed. Anything else is just decoration.
Jeffries is also expressing an OPINION. I thought you guys had this watertight amendment. With guarantees of free speech, weapons allowed only for creation of a militia, a method for removing a sick President etc…
Arizona is one of a dozen states that has yet to codify the Equal Rights Amendment into its state constitution. The amendment is also lacking federal recognition, despite being ratified by the minimum number of states…
The D.C. Council will hold its second and final vote Tuesday on the Juvenile Curfew Amendment Act of 2025, deciding whether to make the city’s curfew zone laws permanent.
.@RepLuna offered an amendment to strip SOB from the bill—it had vast bipartisan support and would have easily passed. Opposition to SOB crossed every divide including @NickKristof and @RepMcGovern to @TomiLahren and…
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In public bodies, any alteration made or proposed to be made in a bill or motion that adds, changes, substitutes, or omits.
Almost half of MEPs wanted to remove the new provisions to expand the use of megatrucks but an amendment to do that failed to pass by just six votes.
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An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.
Arrests and prosecutions intensified after Isis captured Mosul in June, but the groundwork had been laid by an earlier amendment to Jordan’s anti-terrorism law.
“Arizona is one of a dozen states that has yet to codify the Equal Rights Amendment into its state constitution. The amendment is also lacking federal recognition, despite being ratified by the minimum number of states required.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The D.C. Council will hold its second and final vote Tuesday on the Juvenile Curfew Amendment Act of 2025, deciding whether to make the city’s curfew zone laws permanent.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“SB3257: Mental Health in Aviation Act of 2025 Status: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. 2026-04-14 Sponsors: - Republican: 13 - Democrat: 13”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A) the prison labor exemption in the 13th amendment B) We did this exact same thing to people of Japanese descent who were imprisoned in concentration camps in WWII”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Good luck with the constitutional amendment they’re still constitutional amendments that haven’t been approved since 1776 actually”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(legal) Correction of an error in a writ or process.
The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
“We need tp expand SCOTUS by four come 2029, and fill the seats with progs. It can be done via statute, no Amendment needed. Anything else is just decoration.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Jeffries is also expressing an OPINION. I thought you guys had this watertight amendment. With guarantees of free speech, weapons allowed only for creation of a militia, a method for removing a sick President etc Turns out it’s pretty useless when it matters.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“.@RepLuna offered an amendment to strip SOB from the bill—it had vast bipartisan support and would have easily passed. Opposition to SOB crossed every divide including @NickKristof and @RepMcGovern to @TomiLahren and @IngrahamAngle .”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Weren’t they the party of the first amendment who wanted to remove the “wokeness” that is shaming people for being dick heads, and we’re calling us “snow flakes”? And they cannot even take a joke? So surprising…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“No👹 For their Selfish benefits - fundraising 'Gravy train' - All Dems are Pretending they are Unaware of section 3 of 14th Amendment i.e. Both sides are Corrupt!”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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