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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( Pub. L. 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, [a] and national origin. [4] It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements, racial segregation in schools and ...
The Intolerable Acts, sometimes referred to as the Insufferable Acts or Coercive Acts, were a series of five punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party. The laws aimed to punish Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest of the Tea Act, a tax measure enacted by Parliament in May ...
For works published before January 1, 1978, the 1998 act extended the renewal term from 47 years to 67 years, granting a total of 95 years. This law effectively froze the advancement date of the public domain in the United States for works covered by the older fixed term copyright rules. Under this Act, works made in 1923 or afterwards that ...
The Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( ESA or "The Act"; 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) is the primary law in the United States for protecting and conserving imperiled species. Designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation", the ESA ...
Historically, lawmakers have resolved the issue by passing legislation to move back the deadline. Such a legislative fix would need to be enacted by May 9, the legal counsel for Ohio’s ...
March 11, 2003: Do-Not-Call Implementation Act of 2003, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 108–10 (text), 117 Stat. 557 April 30, 2003: PROTECT (Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today) Act, Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 108–21 (text), 117 Stat. 650 (including Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act)
Passing this legislation would serve as a message to all in this state that Missouri’s justice system is one that seeks truth and fairness, not just convictions for the sake of closing a case ...
Sen. Ted Cruz said Tuesday there is ’s a 50-50 chance of Congress passing legislation that would provide antitrust protection and regulation to college athletics in the U.S. by the end of the year.