- Look up
amendment in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
amendment is a
formal or
official change made to a law, contract, constitution, or
other legal...
- Thirty-three
amendments to the
Constitution of the
United States have been
proposed by the
United States Congress and sent to the
states for ratification...
- The
First Amendment (
Amendment I) to the
United States Constitution prevents Congress from
making laws
respecting an
establishment of religion; prohibiting...
- As of
February 2025,
there have been 106
amendments of the
Constitution of
India since it was
first enacted in 1950. The
Indian Constitution is the most...
- The Twenty-second
Amendment (
Amendment XXII) to the
United States Constitution limits the
number of
times a
person can be
elected to the
office of President...
- The
Fourth Amendment (
Amendment IV) to the
United States Constitution is part of the Bill of Rights. It
prohibits unreasonable searches and
seizures and...
- The
Nineteenth Amendment (
Amendment XIX) to the
United States Constitution prohibits the
United States and its
states from
denying the
right to vote to...
-
substitute amendment is an
amendment that
replaces a
portion or all of the
wording in a proposal. In legislatures, a
substitute amendment kills a bill...
- In U.S. politics, the Hyde
Amendment is a
legislative provision barring the use of
federal funds to pay for abortion,
except to save the life of the woman...
- The Waqf (
Amendment) Bill, 2024 was
introduced in the
Indian Lok
Sabha on 8
August 2024. It s****s to
modify Mussalman Wakf Act, 1923 and
amend the Waqf...