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The state's law says drug dealers must buy drug tax stamps at a rate of $100 per ounce of marijuana, $150 per gram of controlled substances, or $500 per 50 dosage units of controlled substances ...
In June 2023, a group of Arkansas public libraries, bookstores, and publishing groups filed a lawsuit challenging the law. The group argued that the threat of criminal prosecution "necessarily ...
Arkansas Act 372 was signed by the Arkansas governor on March 31, 2023. [1] Sections one and five of Arkansas Act 372 expose librarians and booksellers to criminal penalties, [ 2 ] which includes up to a year in prison, in the case they distribute materials such as books , magazines , and movies deemed "harmful to minors."
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laws, legal oddities, or legal curiosities, are laws that are perceived to be useless, humorous or obsolete, or are no longer applicable (in regard to current culture or modern law).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.
In a country as large and diverse as the United States, there's really no limit to the new things that you can learn about the 50 states every day — which is why we've rounded up some of the ...
The state of Georgia created the Georgia Literature Commission in 1953, which initially described its role as aiding local prosecutors in enforcing the state's obscenity laws. In 1958, it gained the power to issue subpoenas and injunctions to stop publication.
PACs representing Walmart, State Farm agents, McDonald's franchisees, and AT&T donated to the sponsors of the most severe anti-LGBTQ laws in the US. Arkansas passed 2 of the most brutal laws ...