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    The Wright Amendment of 1979 was a United States federal law that governed traffic at Dallas Love Field, an airport in Dallas, Texas, to protect Dallas...
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    signed into law by Wright's friend, President Johnson. Wright also voted against the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Wright would later vote in...
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    Representative (later Speaker of the House) Jim Wright pushed a law through Congress, the Wright Amendment, which restricted air service at Love Field in...
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    Amendment had left the 56-seat long-haul restriction in place. In late 2004, Southwest began actively seeking the full repeal of the Wright Amendment...
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    proved that changes to the amendment were now politically viable. Southwest soon began campaigning to repeal the Wright Amendment, but was staunchly opposed...
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    the first carrier to fly from Love Field to destinations beyond the Wright Amendment five-state region after the opening of Dallas/Fort Worth International...
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    Express, and Legend Airlines for supporting the Shelby Amendment, which lifted Wright Amendment restrictions on flights to Alabama, Kansas, and Mississippi...
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    The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. It was ratified on December 15, 1791, along...
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  • such an amendment. In a 1991 law review article, United States law professor Richard George Wright argues that if a constitutional amendment leaves a...
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  • Airport in December 2010, and continued until after the repeal of the Wright Amendment in October 2014, when the airline leased two gates and established...
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