Second Amendment
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Second Amendment may refer to:
- Second Amendment to the United States ConstitutionSecond Amendment to the United States ConstitutionThe Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, along with the rest of the Bill of Rights.In 2008 and 2010, the Supreme Court issued two Second...
, part of the United States Bill of Rights - Colorado Amendment 2 (1992), which was the subject of the United States Supreme Court case Romer v. EvansRomer v. EvansRomer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 , is a landmark United States Supreme Court case dealing with civil rights and state laws. It was the first Supreme Court case to deal with LGBT rights since Bowers v...
- Florida Amendment 2Florida Amendment 2Florida Amendment 2 was an amendment made to the Constitution of Florida in 2008. It added Article I, Section 27 to the constitution, which defines marriage as a union only between one man and one woman, and thus bans the creation of similar unions, such as civil unions or same-sex...
(2008), an amendment to the Constitution of Florida that prohibited same-sex marriage. - Second Amendment of the Constitution of IrelandSecond Amendment of the Constitution of IrelandThe Second Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland was an omnibus amendment to a variety of articles aimed at implementing a list of many different changes...
, an omnibus amendment - Second Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa, which made various technical changes
- Constitution Alteration (State Debts) Act, 1909Australian referendum, 1910 (State Debts)The referendum of the 13 April 1910 approved an amendment to the Australian constitution. Technically it was a vote on the Constitution Alteration Act, 1909, which after being approved in the referendum received the Royal Assent on the 6 August.Upon the establishment of the Commonwealth of...
, the second amendment to the Constitution of Australia