Convinced that preambulatory clauses are very useful to explain the basis of the following operative clauses, Noting that each of these clauses ends in a comma, Acknowledging that Bristol MUN tries to ...

The operative clause of the new amendment: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or ...

(2-54) (a) In the Second Amendment’s operative clause (“the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed”), the phrase “the right of the people” creates “a strong ...

Meanwhile, the operative clause—the final half prohibiting infringement ... and this action occasionally affects an object. For example: "The Second Amendment protects the right to bear ...