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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laws, legal oddities, or legal curiosities, are laws that are perceived to be useless, humorous or obsolete, or are no longer applicable (in regard to current culture or modern law).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.
The law remained on the books until 1967, when teacher Gary L. Scott of Jacksboro, Tennessee, who had been dismissed for violation of the act, sued for reinstatement, citing his First Amendment right to free speech. Although his termination was rescinded, Scott continued his fight with a class action lawsuit in the Nashville Federal District ...
Tennessee has been a battleground for book bans and restrictions over the past few years, as numerous laws targeting content vaguely deemed “harmful to minors” in public school libraries have ...
It may come as a surprise, but all of these things are legal in the U.S., at least in some parts. The post 18 Things You Think Are Illegal but Aren’t appeared first on Reader's Digest.
Uncommon Laws. The United States tax code is anything but simple. The instructions for the standard 1040 tax form alone are more than 100 pages long, and good luck getting through them in one sitting.
Tennessee login law: Laws against password sharing are older than you think, but have always been this unpopular. Keron Thomas: In 1993, aged sixteen, he posed as a motorman on the New York City Subway and managed to operate a scheduled passenger train for over three hours. Andre Thomas
Similar laws are on the books in Washington, Colorado, and Connecticut. Indiana. The Hoosier State has several oddball food taxes. For example, marshmallow creme is tax exempt, but marshmallows ...
In 2017, the book was ranked number 8 on the American Library Association's top ten challenge and banned books list. The book was also banned by school officials in Katy, Texas. It was challenged for its "pervasive vulgarity and racially-insensitive language". The book was also challenged for depicting drug use, profanity, and offensive ...