- Having Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
Clause Quotes
The fine print that shapes how a nation is governed.
These clause quotes dig into the specific wording of the Constitution — from limits on excessive punishment to how broadly the Commerce Clause should be read.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Initiative
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- Nov 07, 2020
Last year, the Assembly of the League, as a result of the initiative taken by the Scandinavian nations, further limited and clarified all the provisions of the clause prescribing the duty of states to participate in sanctions.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are really only a handful of directors who have a final cut clause in Hollywood. You only get that power if you've made a couple of hundred-million-dollar successes.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word.
- Digital
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- Nov 07, 2020
'419 scams,' named for a clause from the Nigerian penal code, are such a part of the white noise of the digital age that we no longer notice them.
- Bear
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- Nov 07, 2020
I watched myself put my paw in the bear trap on that one because there was this clause about leaving members.
- Modern
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- Nov 07, 2020
The applicability of the Establishment Clause to public funding of benefits to religious schools was settled in Everson v. Board of Ed. of Ewing, which inaugurated the modern era of establishment doctrine.
- Framers
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- Nov 07, 2020
Conservatives who believe that the Constitution should be interpreted according to the plain meaning of its language and the original intent of the Framers have long been troubled by the court's decisions expanding the commerce clause to authorize Congress to regulate the most local of matters within a state's borders.
- Motorcycle
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had been warned not to get on a motorcycle, sort of. I think there is a clause in most general basic contracts to keep yourself in one piece and not alter your looks without telling them first.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had it in my contract with CBS, a very weird clause that was never written before and certainly not since, that if I wanted to do a variety show within the first five years of the contract, CBS would have to put it on for 30 shows.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I missed the NFL by an inch. IRS problems... No money coming in, and not that many options left because I signed that stupid no-compete clause with WWE. I had no one to blame but myself.
- Contrasted
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Supreme Court, in 2005, emphasized and contrasted the great power of Congress under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce versus much more limited federal power under the discarded Articles of Confederation.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
People tell me if I don't eat vegetables, I'm going to get scurvy. Well, what the hell. But I was never overweight as a player. There was a clause in my contract that said I had to weigh in at 270 every Friday morning. I always made it. I'd have dinner on Monday, and then I wouldn't eat until Friday.
- Equal Protection
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- Nov 07, 2020