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We have the First Amendment to rely on whenever an elected official tries to impinge on our rights to speak.
The Founding Fathers provided a way to reverse unpopular Supreme Court decisions: a constitutional amendment.
In the end, of course, Republicans ended slavery and permanently outlawed it through the Thirteenth Amendment.
The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion.
We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat.
The 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime.
This isn't about deer hunting. The Second Amendment is about our right to keep and bear arms to defend ourselves.
I do support and believe in the Second Amendment. But I do think we need more background checks rather than less.
There are amendments never offered, there are bills never heard, that are basically killed because of the process.
I'm a lifelong strong supporter of the Second Amendment, and I've owned and used firearms since I was 10 years old.
Violating the 4th Amendment guarantees against illegal searches and seizures is not the way to solve crime problems.
The Citizenship Amendment Act is a historic law. It has fulfilled wishes of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi.
I don't understand why it's controversial for law-abiding citizens protecting themselves under the Second Amendment.
I'm not up for changing the Tenth Amendment or the Fourteenth Amendment, the First Amendment or the Second Amendment.
I was in the state Senate in Wyoming, and we actually legislated. We offered amendments on bills and voted on things.
It is divisive politics to infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens after a national tragedy.
I do believe that supporting our First Amendment rights and supporting local law enforcement are not mutually exclusive.
The NRA isn't a boogeyman, it's a grass-roots organization made up of 5 million law-abiding Second Amendment supporters.
I'm a believer in the Constitution and in the First Amendment. Not just for raising money but also for freedom of speech.
Tolerance is a one-way street in the Age of Obama. 'Choice' is in the eye (and iron fist) of the First Amendment usurper.
Our learning ought to be our lives' amendment, and the fruits of our private study ought to appear in our public behavior.
No one in their right mind can say to me with a straight face that the Patriot Act has not aggregated the Fourth Amendment.
The press is the only institution that is truly accountable. The founding fathers put the First Amendment first for a reason.
The bottom line on the Hyde Amendment is that it is directly, in effect, targeting poor women and women who don't have money.
As both a First Amendment absolutist and as an American, I want to keep our government as far away from our press as possible.
The 'takings' clause of the Fifth Amendment is for conservatives what the equal protection clause of the 14th is for liberals.
If the U.N. gun-ban treaty is ever signed and ratified into law, we may never get a second chance to save the Second Amendment.
The need for self-defense naturally exists outside and inside the home, I would hold the 2nd Amendment applies outside the home.
The First Amendment was designed to allow for disruption of business as usual. It is not a quiet and subdued amendment or right.
Unfortunately, my district like many others across the country has a problem with gangs, which is why I introduced this amendment.
It's all right to agree or disagree on the balanced budget amendment. It's all right to talk about how we're going to appropriate.
The Supreme Court must strike down the government's illegal spying program as a violation of our Fourth Amendment right to privacy.
When the 14th Amendment, equal protection clause was enacted, the galleries in the Senate were segregated. Now we have integration.
The First Amendment only says 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.' It can disrespect all it wants.
I do not understand why Muslims are protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act. CAA is not for the Muslims who were born here.
The president is supposed to stand up for the First Amendment and stand up for the free press - not put us through the meat grinder.
I've told town hall participants and reporters in the media that we can protect the Second Amendment and also protect people's lives.
As ordinary citizens, we don't spend much time reading about and thinking through the creation of new laws or amendments of old ones.
No matter what your views are on abortion, the Eighth Amendment in the Constitution is a very cruel, cruel law which benefits no one.
I view it as a threat to my and my family's well-being whenever anyone seeks to erode or take away my Second Amendment civil liberty.
I'm 100 percent behind the Second Amendment. I believe it's not just a hunting right. It's a right for everyone to carry their weapons.
A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing to protect traditional marriages.
There can be a debate on the Citizenship Amendment Act, but why should we shelter someone who has come to India illegally from outside?
We need to get rid of the 16th amendment, and return to the original system that funds government with a variety of tariffs and duties.
We can adhere to the Henry Hyde amendment by saying that no federal funds will be used for abortions. And that's the bottom line for me.
I have supported the equal rights amendment since I was a freeholder. You won't find many people who can say that. I'm very proud of it.
It would be refreshing to have a politician try to defend guns without any reference to the Second Amendment, but on the merits of guns.
I believe the equal rights amendment is a necessity of life for all citizens. The cabinet sometimes felt that I shouldn't be so outspoken.
The Second Amendment was passed in an era when organized police forces were few and citizen militias were useful in maintaining the peace.