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  2. Ignorantia juris non excusat - Wikipedia

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    In law, ignorantia juris non excusat (Latin for "ignorance of the law excuses not"), [1] or ignorantia legis neminem excusat ("ignorance of law excuses no one"), [2] is a legal principle holding that a person who is unaware of a law may not escape liability for violating that law merely by being unaware of its content.

  3. Gallegly amendment - Wikipedia

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    Do not come to America to live off the law-abiding American taxpayer," he said. Emotions ran high during early House debate: Representative Gary Ackerman (D-NY) commented, "After I got over my initial reaction, I decided not to go out and commit any crimes of violence," with other Democrats describing the amendment as "hideous."

  4. Dusky v. United States - Wikipedia

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    Case history; Prior: 271 F.2d 385 (8th Cir. 1959): Subsequent: 295 F.2d 743 (8th Cir. 1961): Holding; The competency standard for standing trial: whether the defendant has "sufficient present ability to consult with his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding" and a "rational as well as factual understanding of the proceedings against him."

  5. Mistake of law - Wikipedia

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    Mistake of law is a legal principle referring to one or more errors that were made by a person in understanding how the applicable law applied to their past activity that is under analysis by a court. In jurisdictions that use the term, it is differentiated from mistake of fact. There is a principle of law that "ignorance of the law is no excuse."

  6. US Justice Department finds violations in Oklahoma's ...

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    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The state of Oklahoma is violating federal law by unnecessarily committing people with mental illness and drug abuse disorders to psychiatric hospitals, the U.S. Justice ...

  7. Long civil rights movement - Wikipedia

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    It was a forced effort where the federal government used money and force to achieve civil equalities. While, the government's involvement to support the civil rights movement was positive, when their involvement was retracted, it left many people who did not support the government's choice originally to revert to their old ways.

  8. Equal Protection Clause - Wikipedia

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    Though equality under the law is an American legal tradition arguably dating to the Declaration of Independence, [5] formal equality for many groups remained elusive. Before passage of the Reconstruction Amendments, which included the Equal Protection Clause, American law did not extend constitutional rights to black Americans. [6]

  9. Assessing Claims That New York Changed Its Laws So E. Jean ...

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    First, DC Draino is falsely implying that the latest ruling against Trump was the result of a change in New York law. New York did pass a law in 2022 allowing sexual assault victims to file civil ...