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The two amendments that passed, Amendments 2 and 5, enshrine in the state's constitution the right to hunt and fish and prevent homeowner taxes from rising with inflation and property values.
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 since the Constitution was put into operation on March 4, 1789. Twenty-seven of those, having been ratified by the requisite number of states, are part of the Constitution.
This includes both expired amendments, those for which the time period set for their consideration ran out, and still pending amendments, those sent to the states without a ratification deadline. Proposals to amend the United States Constitution introduced in but not approved by Congress should be included in Category:Proposed amendments to the ...
Parental Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. The amendment's advocates say that it will allow parents' rights to direct the upbringing of their children, protected from federal interference, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The Amendment was first proposed during the 110th Congress as House Joint ...
With 99 percent of votes tabulated, here's how Florida voters felt about six proposed amendments on the ballot. Florida voters reject 4 of 6 amendments on ballot. See vote totals and what passed ...
The Blaine Amendment was a failed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would have prohibited direct government aid to educational institutions that have a religious affiliation. Most state constitutions already had such provisions, and thirty-eight of the fifty states have clauses that prohibit taxpayer funding of religious entities in their ...
The Congressional Apportionment Amendment (originally titled Article the First) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that addresses the number of seats in the House of Representatives. It was proposed by Congress on September 25, 1789, but was never ratified by the requisite number of state legislatures.
The Corwin Amendment is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that has never been adopted, but owing to the absence of a ratification deadline, could theoretically still be adopted by the state legislatures. It would have shielded slavery within the states from the federal constitutional amendment process and from abolition or ...