Noun
constitutional amendment (plural constitutional amendments)
A law or change to an existing law that is added to a governing document.
While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage, left-wing activist judges and officials at the local levels have struck down State laws protecting marriage. John Boehner
I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging. L. Neil Smith
I do support a constitutional amendment on marriage between a man and a woman, but I would not be going into the states to overturn their state law. Michele Bachmann
We propose to make the process of constitutional amendment far easier, speedier, and simpler than at present. Theodore Roosevelt
Money in politics is the cancer underlying all the others. The only way to heal it is thru public funding of federal campaigns plus a constitutional amendment. Til then, health insurance, big Pharma, gun manufacturers, oil & gas, food, chem & defense contractors run this country. Marianne Williamson
I do not support a constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage. Corrine Brown