…the amendment offered by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), who was backed by eight other Republicans. I think the vote on the floor of the senate will be match point….

…spicy sauces from Louisiana, crabs from Maryland. The list is long. On a random note, I am also reminded of Orrin Hatch’s amendment to the Baucus health bill that excludes…

…traded assets. This would typically include ones human wealth or labor earnings (including future labor earnings). 13th amendment says it can’t be bought and sold. On average this is larger…

…will not vote for it unless it changes during the amendment process by vast amounts. Conventional wisdom was that the bill that would supply the framework for the bill on…

…American’s First Amendment rights (“to petition the government for a redress of grievances“) with a resulting inquiry that confirmed the justness of the original Petition. Don’t worry; nothing to see…

…the First Amendment religious protections. See Baldas, Ave Maria claims ‘ecclesiastical abstention’ over termination of three law professors, National Law Journal, July 9, 2009. As one commenter on the Tax…

…Amendment. Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the Treasury in the 1920s and one of the wealthiest Americans, “ believed that keeping tax schedules graduated (albeit flatter) would mitigate radical demands for…

…Plus we put in place the Carter 1977 Amendment which pushed the problem out by 50 years. Unfortunately it didn’t totally work and by 1982 Trust Fund depletion was imminent….

…Inigo Montoya (“I do not think those words mean what you think they do”) and at worst a version of Nelson Algren’s amendment of Thackeray (“That’s Not the Way to…

…it will be obvious in retrospect that it was terrible and the 16th amendment means the US government can’t commit itself to giving to the rich for no good reason….