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Strange laws, also called weird laws, dumb laws, futile laws, unusual laws, unnecessary laws, legal oddities, or legal curiosities, are laws that are perceived to be useless, humorous or obsolete, or are no longer applicable (in regard to current culture or modern law). A number of books and websites purport to list dumb laws.
In the books, the antagonists can be something outside the power and understanding of man, the law of nature, or something that lurks beyond the world we know. If it sounds pretty confusing, we ...
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed into law a bill that he says will make Illinois the first state in the nation to outlaw book bans. Illinois public libraries that restrict or ban ...
This is a list of examples of Jim Crow laws, which were state, territorial, and local laws in the United States enacted between 1877 and 1965. Jim Crow laws existed throughout the United States and originated from the Black Codes that were passed from 1865 to 1866 and from before the American Civil War.
Story at a glance Illinois became the first state in the country to outlaw the practice of banning books Monday. Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D-Ill.) signed a bill into law that withholds state funding for ...
Idaho HB710, signed into law in April 2024, requires school and public libraries to move materials deemed harmful to minors to an adults-only section, allowing community members who object to a book to sue for $250 in damages. The law uses Idaho's existing definition of obscene materials, which includes “any act of … homosexuality.”
From 1867 to 1974, various cities of the United States had unsightly beggar ordinances, retroactively named ugly laws. [1] These laws targeted poor people and disabled people . For instance, in San Francisco a law of 1867 deemed it illegal for "any person, who is diseased, maimed, mutilated or deformed in any way, so as to be an unsightly or ...
In Massachusetts, be cautious before dyeing a chick, defacing a milk carton or scaring a pigeon, as these acts are all illegal in the state.