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  2. Expungement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    New Jersey statutes allow expungement of conviction of many indictable offenses, disorderly persons offenses, municipal ordinances, and juvenile adjudications. With the exception of applicants who have graduated from a "special drug probation," the statutes disallow expungement for convictions if the applicant has been convicted of two or more ...

  3. Right to keep and bear arms in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The common law of England and all statutes and acts of parliament made prior to the fourth year of the reign of James the First, of a general nature, which are local to that kingdom and not repugnant to or inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States, the constitution of this state, or the statute laws in force for the time being ...

  4. Texting while driving - Wikipedia

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    Driver's reaction times decreased by 46% while making a call, 37% when texting and driving, and 27% during hands-free calls. Those who were drinking and driving at the limit of 80 mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood, reaction times slowed by 13% and 21% for those under the influence of cannabis. [23] [24]

  5. Article One of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Congress used this power twice soon after World War II with the enactment of two statutes: the Uniform Code of Military Justice to improve the quality and fairness of courts martial and military justice, and the Federal Tort Claims Act which among other rights had allowed military service persons to sue for damages until the U.S. Supreme Court ...

  6. Bo (parashah) - Wikipedia

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    The Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt (1830 painting by David Roberts). Bo (בֹּא ‎—in Hebrew, the command form of "go," or "come," and the first significant word in the parashah, in Exodus 10:1) is the fifteenth weekly Torah portion (פָּרָשָׁה ‎, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the third in the book of Exodus.

  7. Protestant missions in China - Wikipedia

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    Existing statutes against Chinese travel abroad (as to the London Missionary Society's station at Malacca) and against teaching foreigners to speak or read the Chinese language provided additional avenues for persecution. Upon his first attempt to print tracts for his village kinsmen, Liang Fa was arrested, beaten on the soles of his feet with ...

  8. LGBTQ rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    [79] 31 states and the District of Columbia have statutes creating a civil cause of action, in addition to the criminal penalty, for similar acts. [79] Twenty-seven states and the District of Columbia have statutes requiring the state to collect hate crime statistics; 16 of these cover sexual orientation. [79] In Wisconsin v.

  9. University of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn [note 3] or UPenn [note 4]) is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.It is one of nine colonial colleges and was chartered prior to the U.S. Declaration of Independence when Benjamin Franklin, the university's founder and first president, advocated for an educational institution that trained ...