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Amendment , a·mend / əˈmend/ • v. [tr.] make minor changes in (a text) in order to make it fairer, more accurate, or more up-to-date: the rule was amended to app… Constitutional Amendment , The means by which an alteration to the U.S. Constitution, whether a modification, deletion, or addition, is accomplished. Article V of the U.S. Cons… Romer V. Evans , Romer v. Evans Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620, 116 S. Ct. 1620, 134 L. Ed. 2d 855 (1996), is a landmark and controversial decision, in which the U.S. S… Platt Amendment , Platt Amendment (1901).In 1901, U.S. Senator Orville Platt introduced an amendment to the U.S. Army appropriations bill specifying several conditions… Equal Rights Amendment , While the history of slavery is well known in the United States, the fact that married women were legally subservient until the nineteenth century is… Gun Control , "Gun control" is a constitutional issue because of the second amendment : "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,…

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