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2. 11 laws you will not believe are still in effect today in the ...

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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 ...

3. Strange laws - Wikipedia

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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laws, legal oddities, or legal curiosities, are laws that are perceived to be useless, humorous or obsolete, or are no longer applicable (in regard to current culture or modern law).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.

4. Ugly law - Wikipedia

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   From 1867 to 1974, various cities of the United States had unsightly beggar ordinances, retroactively named ugly laws. [1] These laws targeted poor people and disabled people . For instance, in San Francisco a law of 1867 deemed it illegal for "any person, who is diseased, maimed, mutilated or deformed in any way, so as to be an unsightly or ...

5. Protecting Lawful Streaming Act - Wikipedia

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   The Protecting Lawful Streaming Act of 2020 is a United States law that makes it a felony to engage in large-scale streaming of copyright material. The bill was introduced by Senator Thom Tillis on December 10, 2020.

6. After 117 years, adultery on the brink of becoming legal in ...

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   Most states that still have adultery laws classify them as misdemeanors, but Oklahoma, Wisconsin and Michigan treat adultery as felony […] The post After 117 years, adultery on the brink of ...

7. An obsolete law contributed to the events of Jan. 6. Here’s ...

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8. Desuetude - Wikipedia

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   The doctrine exists in Scotland, being of the civil law tradition, where it can operate as a rare form of repeal. In Scotland, non-use is not the same as desuetude. Disuse must be accompanied by other identifiable provisions that would make the enforcement of the statute inconsistent: neglect over such a period of time that it would appear that a contrary custom had developed; and that a ...

9. How a 50-year-old law changed retirement and why it needs a ...

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   Longer lives. Lifespans have increased by around a decade since the 1960s, putting even more pressure on people to save. The number of Americans 65 and older is projected to increase from 58 ...