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The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) is a United States federal law (Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, H.R. 3355) signed by President Bill Clinton on September 13, 1994.
United States v. Morrison, 529 U.S. 598 (2000), is a U.S. Supreme Court decision that held that parts of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 were unconstitutional because they exceeded the powers granted to the US Congress under the Commerce Clause and the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.
The federal Violence Against Women Act was reauthorized in 2013, which for the first time gave tribes jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute felony domestic violence offenses involving Native American and non-Native offenders on the reservation, [284] as 26% of Natives live on reservations.
Until, of course, the policy pits the protection of women against limitations on guns. Bill Clinton signed the Violence Against Women Act into law in 1994, and Congress had routinely renewed it ...
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OpEd: Kentucky has made huge strides when it comes to domestic violence, but it still happens too much. Thirty years after the Violence Against Women Act, we still have work to do | Opinion Skip ...
Violence against women can lead to immediate physical injuries and longer-term mental and physical health conditions. In addition to negatively impacting mental and physical health, violence against women can interfere with life at work, home, and school. In some cases, violence results in death. [5]
The so-called “boyfriend loophole” in the recently reauthorized legislation still presents a clear danger to some domestic violence victims.