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A 19th-century jail room at a Pennsylvania museum. A prison, [a] also known as a jail, [b] gaol, [c] penitentiary, detention center, [d] correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, or slammer, is a facility where people are imprisoned under the authority of the state, usually as punishment for various crimes.
In response, the Attorney General's office filed an appeal with the Texas Supreme Court, a move that automatically pauses the judge's injunction and allowed the law to go into effect on September 1, 2023, as originally planned. [199] On June 28, 2024, the Texas Supreme Court upheld the law. [200] Alabama: Governor Kay Ivey: April 8, 2022 [201]
Annise Parker was elected as the first openly gay or lesbian mayor of Houston, Texas. [81] Kate Brown was elected as the Oregon Secretary of State in the 2008 elections, becoming America's first openly bisexual statewide officeholder. [82] Silverton, Oregon elected Stu Rasmussen as the first openly transgender mayor in America. [83] [84]
The ability to rely on such an arrangement, however, presupposes some degree of predictability with regard to both war-fighting requirements and the scope of hostilities. Many states that have abolished conscription still, therefore, reserve the power to resume conscription during wartime or times of crisis. [ 3 ]
In most areas, there were simply not enough high school or college graduates to fill a law school entering class. [36] In 1899, Cornell University forced its law school to require a high school diploma for admission, like the rest of the university, and the law school saw the size of its entering class crash from 125 to 62. [ 36 ]