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The law changed once more in 1991 to allow businesses to open at noon on Sunday. On March 19, 2019 the state Legislature passed a law abolishing the blue law in the state. The bill was then signed by Governor Doug Burgum on March 25, 2019. [60] The blue law expired on August 1, 2019 and the first Sunday with legal morning sales was August 4, 2019.
Blue laws (also known as Sunday laws, Sunday trade laws, and Sunday closing laws) are laws restricting or banning certain activities on specified days, usually Sundays in the western world. The laws were adopted originally for religious reasons, specifically to promote the observance of the Christian day of worship .
The court 6-3 approved the state law, due to the laws not being exclusively religious. "An examination of recent Massachusetts legislative history bolsters the State's position that these statutes are not religious. "In general, Sunday laws protect the public by guaranteeing one day in seven to provide a period of rest and quiet.
Mass media regulations or simply media regulations are a form of media policy [1] with rules enforced by the jurisdiction of law. Guidelines for mass media use differ across the world. [2] This regulation, via law, rules or procedures, can have various goals, for example intervention to protect a stated "public interest", or encouraging ...
The NFL suffered a huge setback Thursday and was ordered to pay nearly $4.8 billion in damages for violating antitrust law in a class-action suit over pricing of DirecTV’s “Sunday Ticket ...
The states argued the laws simply aim to treat social media platforms like utilities, requiring that they carry all content neutrally and without giving preference to one viewpoint over another.
The Daily Express, in its Sunday edition, announcing the declaration of martial law while reassuring its readers that business and life will "go on normally." The final years of martial law saw mounting protests against government-owned or controlled mass media, including the Daily Express. [24]
The Florida law bars the permanent removal of political candidates from social media, while the Texas law bars social platforms from banning content based on any user's viewpoint. During the ...