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  2. Florida - Wikipedia

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    Florida (/ ˈ f l ɒr ɪ d ə / ⓘ FLORR-ih-də; Spanish: [floˈɾiða]) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.It borders the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Alabama to the northwest, Georgia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Straits of Florida and Cuba to the south.

  3. Affordable Care Act - Wikipedia

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    Most major provisions phased in by January 2014; remaining provisions phased in by 2020; penalty enforcing individual mandate set at $0 starting 2019: Citations; Public law: 111–148: Statutes at Large: 124 Stat. 119 through 124 Stat. 1025 (906 pages) Codification; Acts amended: Public Health Service Act: Titles amended: 42 U.S.C.: Public ...

  4. Roe v. Wade - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, many states did not repeal pre-1973 statutes against abortion, and some of those statutes could again be in force if Roe were reversed. [372] On April 16, 2012, Mississippi House Bill 1390 was signed into law. [373] The law attempted to make abortion unfeasible without having to overturn Roe v. Wade. [374]

  5. LGBTQ rights in Florida - Wikipedia

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    Other forms of therapy, such as electroshock therapy, are still explicitly banned. The city filed a motion to dismiss. [222] In November 2020, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2–1 to declare ordinances banning conversion therapy on minors in Boca Raton and surrounding Palm Beach County a violation of the First Amendment of the ...

  6. False Claims Act of 1863 - Wikipedia

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    The Maintenance and Embracery Act 1540 of Henry VIII provided that common informers could sue for certain forms of interference with the course of justice in legal proceedings that were concerned with the title to land. [7] This act is still in force today in the Republic of Ireland, although in 1967 it was extinguished in England.

  7. Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    In Gregg, the Court ruled that Georgia's revised death penalty laws passed Eighth Amendment scrutiny: the statutes provided a bifurcated trial in which guilt and sentence were determined separately; and, the statutes provided for "specific jury findings" followed by state supreme court review comparing each death sentence "with the sentences ...

  8. Undocumented youth in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Must file an affidavit with the institution of higher education stating that the student has filed an application for legal immigration status, or will file an application when eligible to do so; Florida HB851 Attended a Florida secondary school for 3 consecutive years immediately before graduating from a Florida high school; Applied for ...