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This law still exists in the state, separate from other laws that continue to ban same-sex marriage. An effort to strike the fornication law from the books in 2014 failed, according to the ...
The bad news: South Dakota doesn't give tax breaks for contributions to in-state 529 college savings plans. The good news: It's because the state doesn't have an income tax. Gayvoronskaya_Yana ...
The Silver State's strangest laws include ones against lotteries, swearing and hula-hooping. ... Every state has perplexing laws on the books, including Nevada. ... Weird Laws In Massachusetts ...
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laws, legal oddities, or legal curiosities, are laws that are perceived to be useless, humorous or obsolete, or are no longer applicable (in regard to current culture or modern law).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 2009, The New York Times reported that Massachusetts, Michigan, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Wyoming, and Pennsylvania had laws that made reference to blasphemy. [1] Pennsylvania's blasphemy law was found unconstitutional in 2010. [2] Some U.S. states still have blasphemy laws on the books from the founding days.
15 strange enforceable laws in Texas No. 1: Selling your organs Tex. Pen. Code. §48.02 says it's illegal to sell human organs in Texas: your eyes, heart, kidneys, liver, lungs, skin, and other ...
The book bans are largely the result of laws passed in Republican-led states. [8] [10] On January 24, 2025, the Trump Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights dismissed 11 cases regarding challenged books in schools and eliminated an oversight position for investigating such issues. They then issued a press release stating that they ...
Illinois, for example, will see nearly 300 news laws on New Year’s Day. In Wisconsin, however, many new laws become effective as soon as the governor signs them. That means 2025 will not kick ...