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In February 1990, a court ruled KXBR had to pay DeClue $25,000 in punitive damages—doubled to $50,000 by state statute [20] —and vacate her property, [21] with the station ceasing broadcasts sometime thereafter, in the spring of 1990. [22] The license remained active for several more years; the station filed later in 1990 to relocate its tower.
Missouri has not repealed other laws related to abortion, although they are no longer valid. Missouri law continues to include requirements that pregnant people must undergo a mandatory seventy-two-hour waiting period, receive biased counseling, and be offered an ultrasound. It prohibits public funding or private insurance to pay for abortion.
25 out of 50 US states, and the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands [23] have statutes that explicitly codifies and protects against both sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination in employment in both the public and private sector: California, [24] Colorado, [25] Connecticut, Delaware, [26] Hawaii ...
They were accused by government transparency advocates of subverting Missouri's open records laws. [49] Hawley initially declined to prosecute, citing a Missouri Supreme Court ruling that the attorney general cannot simultaneously represent a state officer and take legal action against that officer.
Blood quantum laws or Indian blood laws are laws that define Native Americans in the United States status by fractions of Native American ancestry. These laws were enacted by the federal government and state governments as a way to establish legally defined racial population groups .
In 1980, David Koch pledged to "abolish" child labor laws as a part of his vice president campaign on the Libertarian ticket. In 1982, Ronald Reagan expanded the legal range of jobs permitted for children ages 14 and 15, and made it easier for employers to pay less than minimum wage. [37] States have varying laws covering youth employment.
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 was an Act of the United States Congress to give effect to the Fugitive Slave Clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article IV, Section 2, Clause 3), which was later superseded by the Thirteenth Amendment, and to also give effect to the Extradition Clause (Article 4, Section 2, Clause 2). [1]