Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on the JudiciaryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 |
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... process of amending the Constitution in general . Indeed , the consideration of Senate Joint Resolution 134 raises ... ratification of the ERA ? 2. Must a resolution to extend the ratification period be approved by a two - thirds vote in ...
... process of amending the Constitution in general . Indeed , the consideration of Senate Joint Resolution 134 raises ... ratification of the ERA ? 2. Must a resolution to extend the ratification period be approved by a two - thirds vote in ...
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... ratification of a proposed constitutional amendment , and I know of no court ... process . Thank you , Mr. Chairman . Senator BAYH . Thank you , Senator ... ratification of the equal rights amendment ___.
... ratification of a proposed constitutional amendment , and I know of no court ... process . Thank you , Mr. Chairman . Senator BAYH . Thank you , Senator ... ratification of the equal rights amendment ___.
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... ratification . That is what we are all about here today . I am pleased to be ... process thus far , along with numerous recent national polls , offer ... ratification of ERA . The most recent Gallup Poll , released on July 16 of this year ...
... ratification . That is what we are all about here today . I am pleased to be ... process thus far , along with numerous recent national polls , offer ... ratification of ERA . The most recent Gallup Poll , released on July 16 of this year ...
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... ratification process has taken significantly longer than in the past . Of the State legislatures yet to ratify the ERA not one will likely be able to meet and vote on the amendment by the end of this year . With the present deadline set ...
... ratification process has taken significantly longer than in the past . Of the State legislatures yet to ratify the ERA not one will likely be able to meet and vote on the amendment by the end of this year . With the present deadline set ...
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... ratification of ERA - I do not - but I hope that those who favor ratification will be able to detach their views on the amendment's merits from their views regarding fair and certain procedures . This distinction is critical , and it is ...
... ratification of ERA - I do not - but I hope that those who favor ratification will be able to detach their views on the amendment's merits from their views regarding fair and certain procedures . This distinction is critical , and it is ...
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Page 238 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 337 - And, by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire you would remember the ladies and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would be tyrants if they could.
Page 579 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United "States, and the decision is against their validity ; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Page 115 - Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. "Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article. "Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
Page 341 - There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Page 529 - ... the potentiality of embarrassment from multifarious pronouncements by various departments on one question.
Page 374 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Page 95 - IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed.
Page 579 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where is drawn in question the construction of any clause of the constitution, or of a treaty, or statute of. or commission held under the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party, under such clause of the said Constitution, treaty, statute or commission...
Page 260 - Prominent on the surface of any case held to involve a political question is found a textually demonstrable constitutional commitment of the issue to a coordinate political department; or a lack of judicially discoverable and manageable standards for resolving it...