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  2. Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Recognition of the word's original meaning will precisely invert the "evolving standards of decency" test, and ask the Court to compare challenged punishments with the longstanding principles and precedents of the common law, rather than shifting and nebulous notions of "societal consensus" and contemporary "standards of decency.

  3. LGBTQ rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Bans on gender-affirming care have been criticized as governments interfering with the patient-doctor relationship and taking away healthcare decisions from parents and families for their children. [197] [198] State level bans on gender-affirming care in the United States have led some families with transgender children to move out of their states.

  4. Jewish views on homosexuality - Wikipedia

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    Conservative Judaism's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, which until December 2006 held the same position as Orthodoxy, has since issued multiple opinions under its philosophy of pluralism; one opinion continues to follow the Orthodox position while another opinion substantially liberalizes the view of homosexual sex and relationships ...

  5. Rape laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Offense Article Mandatory sentencing Sexual assault in the first degree AS §11.41.410 99 years or less [Note 4] Sexual assault in the second degree AS §11.41.420 99 years or less Sexual assault in the third degree AS §11.41.425 99 years or less Sexual assault in the fourth degree AS §11.41.427 1 year or less

  6. Chinese economic reform - Wikipedia

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    Xi's administration has also reoriented the economy to increase self-reliance, and accordingly launched two campaigns; Made in China 2025 and China Standards 2035, which have sought to scale up and displace US dominance in various high-tech sectors, [89] though publicly China de-emphasized these plans due to the outbreak of a trade war with the ...

  7. Timeline of disability rights outside the United States

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    As a result, in England, the Mental Health Review Tribunal as a standalone process was technically abolished and became one part of a Health and Social Care Chamber of a newly established national level of hearings called the First-tier Tribunal. It is now technically known as the First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health), but in practice is often ...

  8. Child soldiers in Africa - Wikipedia

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    As a result, children have been used as soldiers within Chadian forces as well as other armed groups both within Chad and neighboring Sudan. [1] Since 2007, more than 800 children have been demobilized in Chad. [1] By 2017, Chad was considered by the United Nations to have put in place the necessary framework to end the use of child soldiers. [33]