That means Congress can pass laws creating new civil liability applied to past conduct; and it can also pass laws protecting companies from liability for already-committed misconduct.
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Even if states don't pass laws protecting LGBTQ people, or even if they pass laws that allow discrimination, there may be a way to bypass these measures: federal law.
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Nonetheless, he's ready to pass laws restricting women's reproductive rights.
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State legislatures can and should pass laws requiring these disclosures.
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Should more states pass laws like Kansas's student publications act?
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Mr Sessions has several times sought to pass laws abolishing DACA.
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And then we pass laws to make sure seatbelts are fastened.
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Or at least enough attention to pass laws and voter propositions.
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My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them.
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You are going to see 247 states pass laws banning abortion outright.
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Because people need to remember: governors can't pass laws, only legislatures can.
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Congress can pass laws that force the Treasury Department to impose them.
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In addition, coalitions made up of widely disparate parties struggle to pass laws.
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He hopes to assemble case-by-case coalitions in congress to pass laws.
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However, Fidesz has a parliamentary majority and can pass laws on its own.
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"I don't want to pass laws in Albany with their opponents," Ramos continues.
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"You're going to see 20 states pass laws banning abortion outright," Toobin said.
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In California, lawmakers have tried to pass laws giving independent contractor union rights.
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Without the mace in the room, neither house can meet or pass laws.
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That means it will easily be able to pass laws and amend the constitution.
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"Our job is to decide cases, their job is to pass laws," he said.
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But he will need to build a broader alliance to pass laws in Congress.
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Since then, do Rosário has worked extensively to pass laws that protect women and children.
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His stance is becoming more crucial as states race to pass laws directly challenging Roe.
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For if Congress will not pass laws, how else is the country to be governed?
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To make that possible he says countries should pass laws to identify companies' "digital presence".
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The federal government could pass laws exempting certain institutions from state regulations or consumer claims.
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Some states have gone as far to pass laws requiring schools to have the drug.
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State legislators must pass laws to protect their citizens and their policies from federal meddling.
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Pass laws that will require new proactive security measures that will help insure public safety.
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It is YOUR responsibility as our elected official to pass laws that protect your constituents.
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The mace represents the crown's authority, and Parliament can't sit or pass laws without it.
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We have to demand our legislators pass laws that work and actually keep us safe.
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For even more teeth, Congress could pass laws prohibiting "pay to play" and transactional giving.
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The best, and simplest, is for states to pass laws that restrict or eliminate money bail.
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MPs could also refuse to pass laws to soften the impact of a no-deal Brexit.
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Legislators on the state level are also able to pass laws protecting their trans citizens' rights.
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Concern is growing in Brazil that its Congress may pass laws that would weaken digital privacy.
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And I will do everything I can to pass laws that would bring families back together.
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In order to pass laws, for example, the government must have the approval of both houses.
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English said she's unaware of other states that are trying to pass laws similar to Washington's.
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" George III had reversed longstanding British imperial policy by "refusing to pass" laws "to encourage ... migrations hither.
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" CNN&aposs Jeffrey Toobin declared, "You are going to see 20 states pass laws banning abortion outright.
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And more states could pass laws to make it easier to report people suspected of animal abuse.
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JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: You are going to see 260 states pass laws banning abortion outright.
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Still others, who may actually mean what they say, pass laws giving women equal opportunities to men.
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White racists do things like pass laws to disarm them, but that's not really going to work.
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"I tell people in Washington, don't pass laws before you even come to visit us," Valdez said.
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"I do not believe it is proper to pass laws stating that homosexuals have 'rights,'" Conditt wrote.
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But EU directives aren't laws themselves; they are requirements that countries pass laws consistent with the directives.
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Now, cities and states across the country are beginning to pass laws to regulate work-scheduling practices.
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Iran hopes the European Union will pass laws to protect European firms from any potential U.S. sanctions.
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"A state cannot pass laws that limit federal rights," as outlined in the 14th Amendment, Crim says.
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During parliament, legislators pass laws and unveil economic targets, defense spending projections and other important policy decisions.
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California's proposal continues an effort by governors to pass laws on the issue while Congress is gridlocked.
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During parliament, legislators pass laws and unveil economic targets, defence spending projections and other important policy decisions.
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If we really want to do something, let's pass laws that would empower people to save lives.
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But a return to power would give Netanyahu the opportunity to pass laws shielding himself from prosecution.
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Congress can pass laws that override laws made by executive branch agencies — or even decisions by courts.
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The mace is a "symbol of royal authority" and without it, the House can't meet or pass laws.
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The problem with trying to pass laws to make abortion safer is that abortion is already very safe.
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Personal conservation might not achieve our climate goals, but it can convince politicians to pass laws that will.
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That pledge, Arrambide said, should spur Democratic-led states to pass laws codifying the Supreme Court's Roe v.
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She cannot pass laws, or even really do more than lobby Congress to prioritize laws she cares about.
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Buttigieg would need Congress to pass laws to make any of his ideas a reality on gun control.
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People are pushing back against the false notion that any action to pass laws results in less freedom.
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He understands the elemental fact that if you want to pass laws you have to go through Congress.
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As a minority coalition, the government will likely have to rely on smaller regional parties to pass laws.
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Though their efforts proved futile, state agencies were the first to pass laws restricting hunting of passenger pigeons.
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The answer, then, lies with Congress, which can pass laws that withstand the test of time and presidents.
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They then immediately pass laws banning dissent and use force to shut down all sources of political opposition.
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The academy is now urging states and local municipalities to pass laws requiring all pools to have these fences.
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The body helps pass laws, works with member states' leaders and represents 500 million EU citizens in 28 nations.
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That might make sense, except for the fact that the struggle to pass laws is not Italy's biggest problem.
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The French constitution grants the president huge power, but he still needs the backing of parliament to pass laws.
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Congress must come together to pass laws that address the urgent threat that digital deception poses to our democracy.
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Hence, Barack Obama's executive record has been easily shredded by the Republicans, and they now struggle to pass laws.
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He will therefore have to rely on other parties—probably the centrist Christian Democrats and independents—to pass laws.
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The second is to pass laws against match-fixing which recognise that the evidence may consist of statistical analysis.
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Today, Republicans argue that liberals are assaulting First Amendment rights by trying to pass laws regulating speech and behavior.
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But the Danish People's Party (DF) - whose cooperation the government needs to pass laws - wants more spending, not less.
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Congress and state legislatures should pass laws requiring regular testing for lead and that the results are made public.
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"You're going to see 20 states pass laws banning abortion outright," Toobin said on CNN shortly after the tweet.
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In recent months, a dozen states have taken steps to pass laws that restrict abortion rights in Draconian ways.
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If they don't pass laws blocking a Trump power grab, then the president can basically do as he'd like.
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But it doesn't allow them to pass laws that make the rest of the country follow their religious tenets.
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Boba Guys' Chau is urging the state and federal government to pass laws freezing commercial rent and mortgage payments.
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He said the investigation was continuing, and urged Congress to pass laws on when security forces can fire weapons.
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This fact highlights the hypocrisy of those who are anti-choice and pass laws restricting access to birth control.
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First, Congress could pass laws to promote multi-employer bargaining, or even bargaining among all companies in an industry.
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We are committed to working together to pass laws that will truly protect American innovators from patent abuse. 28503.
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As US states pass laws to limit abortion and possibly trigger a Supreme Court challenge to the Roe v.
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It's not enough that states pass laws legalizing sports betting, Leonsis explains; they have to pass the right law.
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Congress can also pass laws to change the scheduling of drugs, and could, if they chose, overrule an attorney general.
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Texas was one of 15 states to pass laws regulating clinics as surgical ambulatory centers between 2013 and 2015 alone.
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Since I took office six years ago, we have worked tirelessly to pass laws that mandate equal rights for women.
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But we can pass laws and policies that prohibit discrimination, and, as history has shown, attitudes will begin to shift.
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If it turns out the FPÖ can't actually do that, it'll surely pass laws to make our lives more difficult.
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Update: Pakistan finally plans to pass laws against "honor killings," the daughter of the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has pledged.
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Congress would retain the authority to pass laws on its own, and presidents would retain the authority to veto them.
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Pinterest said they expected U.S. and European regulators to pass laws holding social networks accountable for more strict content moderation.
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I would not want to hold this position if I could pass laws forbidding that which I don´t like.
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Congress, similarly, could easily pass laws over Trump's veto to prevent federal funds from being spent at Mar-a-Lago.
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The problem for Mr. Turnbull will be corralling that bloc or working with the opposition Labor Party to pass laws.
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Seattle is among a number of large U.S. cities to pass laws raising the minimum wage above $10 an hour.
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Presidents come and go, as do their executive orders, but only Congress can pass laws that endure beyond one administration.
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It comes as Republican-led states are increasingly emboldened to pass laws that mark a potential rollback of abortion rights.
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They need to immediately pass laws requiring paid sick leave to protect their people and diminish the spread of disease.
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Politicians pass laws that create a vast prison system of black people deprived of their rights and permanently marginalized. 3.
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Can state legislatures pass laws based on junk science without facing any legal repercussions by claiming the science is "uncertain"?
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And it will mean inconsistent nationwide policy, where some states are allowed to pass laws like these and others aren't.
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Many GOP-controlled state legislatures have instead passed -- or tried to pass -- laws that single out the LGBTQ community for discrimination.
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Central bankers urged Congress and the U.S. president to pass laws that would help make U.S. businesses and workers more productive.
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Obviously the president can't pass laws, so how do you aim to achieve these goals if Congress is not on board?
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And it would have meant inconsistent nationwide policy, where some states are allowed to pass laws like these and others aren't.
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As more and more states pass laws allowing businesses to set up shop, the demand for workers will continue to rise.
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Central bankers urged Congress and the U.S. president to pass laws that would help make U.S. businesses and workers more productive.
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New Hampshire and other states should pass laws to enable voters to rank their presidential choices first, second and so on.
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Taylor, for example, has championed the right of the Québécois to pass laws preserving a French-language culture in their province.
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The devil is in the details and Congress must not only pass laws but fight just as aggressively to enforce them.
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States can now choose whether to pass laws to legalize gambling, and several states are already taking steps to do so.
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Despite stated objections to his tariff policy, congressional Republicans don't pass laws that would constrain the national security loopholes he's exploiting.
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" She finished by saying, "We do not pass laws that take away that freedom from the women who are most vulnerable.
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We already know most everything we need for legislators to pass laws that would protect us from what Facebook has unleashed.
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States and cities should pass laws codifying those rights and embrace the potential of keyless access technology while protecting tenant privacy.
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Chief among her concerns is the large number of head injuries and she's hoping local governments will pass laws requiring helmet use.
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If May's government – assuming she wins Thursday's election – chooses to pass laws that limit extremist propaganda, web groups would have to comply.
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However, West-Faulcon said, California does have the power to pass laws relating to public safety and the welfare of its citizens.
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This refers to a clause in Hong Kong's constitution that requires the territory to pass laws against treason, secession, sedition and subversion.
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It states that no city can pass laws or ordinances that are in opposition to or more stringent than a state statute.
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"If you want to do away with it, he said, "fine," but "go out there and force your legislatures to pass laws.
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I have no doubt we will be successful," Nielsen added before calling on Congress to pass laws that would close immigration "loopholes.
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What places contraception beyond the state's police powers—its right to pass laws to protect the health and welfare of its citizens?
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When people kill us, pass laws against us, make cheap jokes about us, they aren't actually saying all gay people should die.
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They need to pass laws to end the catch-and-release program that'll allow us to hold them for a long time.
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We need our representatives at the state and federal level to step up and pass laws to protect us, not endanger us.
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Third, states should pass laws requiring government officials to recuse themselves from any role overseeing elections in which they are also candidates.
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Statehouses held by Democrats tend to pass laws that encourage voting; when Democrats are in charge, the barriers to voting typically fall.
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These caused India to pass laws preventing private microfinance institutions from "exploiting" borrowers through "usurious interest rates and coercive means of recovery".
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The first step is to pass laws that let plaintiffs bring suits when they have experienced bias in an automated hiring system.
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That was important, but, because we were but one element of the three needed to pass laws, we couldn't make major reforms.
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In some states, lawmakers have sought to pass laws that would ban or severely restrict abortion in the event that Roe v.
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But from time to time they do manage to pass laws, and some of those laws cause immense pain to innocent people.
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To improve data collection, states should pass laws requiring local law enforcement to report hate crimes and proscribe penalties for those who don't.
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We can pass laws that require the safe storage of guns and hold firearm owners nationwide responsible for the storage of their weapons.
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As it stands, the "no" vote leaves a complicated legislative structure in place that makes it difficult for the country to pass laws.
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The reforms would have made it so that the executive branch needs approval only from parliament's lower house in order to pass laws.
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Now, as first lady, I have no budget of my own for programs, and I have no authority to make or pass laws.
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And that's led legislators in several states to pass laws that seem to contradict the reform-minded movement of the past several years.
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First, they pass laws on a variety of crucial issues, from the minimum wage and carbon emissions to Medicaid expansion and police accountability.
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In addition, they can pass laws that are straight-forward, specific and transparent, giving regulators a clearer path toward the law they envision.
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If neither side pulls together a coalition, the Conservatives could try to form a minority government, but it would struggle to pass laws.
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The measures need to be approved by parliament, where the AKP and MHP together have more than the required seats to pass laws.
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It wasn't until the 19th century, however, that states began to pass laws that removed executions from the view of the general public.
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This trumped-up crisis serves as a legitimation tool for Fidesz's authoritarianism, a pretext for the government to pass laws undermining its opponents.
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I can't accept how my fellow Catholics can support a president and legislators who pass laws that hurt the poor and the needy.
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Italy did not pass laws granting paternity leave until 2012, and those leaves are shorter and less generous than in other European countries.
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But Varadkar said there was concern about the ability to pass laws after next week once elections to the upper house are completed.
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Gun control advocates have called for more states to pass laws that allow police officers to seize guns from people they deem dangerous.
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She said the only way to end the segregation would be to pass laws that guarantee equal opportunity in education for all citizens.
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"We would have to pass laws to avoid the abuse we've witnessed in the Trump administration, which is all these actings," he added.
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The gun lobby has worked to pass laws in Virginia and other states to prevent local governments from passing restrictions on open carry.
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Giffords concludes with an appeal to the public to vote for politicians who will take actions to pass laws that can reduce gun violence.
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The big, shiny stick is a symbol of royal authority, and without it, the members of Parliament aren't allowed to meet or pass laws.
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Wade but weakened its legal standards, states were allowed to pass laws designed to convince women to change their mind about having an abortion.
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In 2017 the government tried to pass laws letting corrupt lawmakers off the hook by emergency decree, but backed down after huge street protests.
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Political parties are forming shifting alliances to pass laws that appeal to their voters before parliament goes into recess this week until the election.
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Casey decision, it did so with caveats — states could now pass laws intended to protect fetal life before viability, which they couldn't under Roe.
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Congress is going to pass laws excluding scientists from public policy decisions and we can expect those laws to find a receptive White House.
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A vast majority of Americans want to get the influence of money out of politics, and want Congress to pass laws to do so.
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Feeling the heat of added competition, ISP lobbyists have convinced 21 states to pass laws banning or restricting the construction of community-owned networks.
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Connecticut is working to actively recruit LGBT families to adopt and foster children, even as other states pass laws allowing agencies to ban them.
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And I think it's irresponsible for us as a Legislature to pass laws when we don't have the data that actually backs it up.
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Mr. Fox's organization has fought for states to pass laws, or to add tax incentives for stations that stay, that might thwart the decline.
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She wrote that, unlike the governor, she doesn't "yap at funerals," adding that she had worked hard to pass laws that protect all children.
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The state's "truth in labeling" bill made it the latest in a string of states to pass laws controlling how meat-substitutes are marketed.
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Andrew F. Puzder, the labor secretary nominee, was an early architect of the legal effort to pass laws stating that life begins at conception.
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Our country must pass laws and develop policies that hold companies accountable, and must legally require that women are fairly compensated for their work.
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Conservatives don't need to pass laws in all 50 states — or move quickly — to open the door for national precedent, as anti-abortion activists proved.
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Politicians, for instance, aren't clamoring to pass laws making it harder for women to get pregnant because they might experience postpartum depression, anxiety, or psychosis.
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As part of USMCA, Mexico has promised to pass laws that will guarantee workers the right to form unions and negotiate their own labor contracts.
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The ruling coalition, which has 72 lawmakers in the 120-seat parliament, needs to secure a two-thirds majority to pass laws on constitutional changes.
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Relying on a Republican Congress and president to pass laws, Democratic support might seem like a fantasy idea, but for generations telecommunications policy wasn't partisan.
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As the Fine Gael minority government does not have enough seats in parliament to pass laws on its own, it needs Fianna Fail to abstain.
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Our system of government is tied to our ability to debate controversial issues, find compromise, and pass laws that shape and move our country forward.
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"We live in a country that is not safe, that refuses to pass laws to end gun violence in the United States," O'Rourke said Wednesday.
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Maine and Connecticut have also adopted labeling standards, but those laws do not go into effect until other states in the region also pass laws.
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Key states could pass laws that would likely become the norm nationwide, just because it is too hard to adjust for 50 different legal regimes.
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Criminal justice is a fraught issue for Mr. Biden, who helped pass laws, like the 1994 crime bill, that produced mass incarceration to begin with.
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So why is it that it has to rely on legislators from all over the state to pass laws that solely affect New York City?
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The parties who asked for the inquiry are allies of Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, instrumental for him to stay in power and pass laws.
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"I think it's irresponsible for us as a Legislature to pass laws when we don't have the data that actually backs it up," state Rep.
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But prepare for what you think is inevitable and pass laws with stiff penalties for making or possessing guns outside of US laws and regulations.
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There's not even a contradiction between trying to pass laws protecting animal rights and building a political culture that's likelier to protect human rights, too.
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When cities pass laws that Uber opposes, the company commonly seeks to have them preempted with Uber-approved state law or repealed through voter referenda.
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Instead of fighting the ordinances city by city, it is turning to states, trying to pass laws preventing any local governments from taxing their products.
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This year's event coincides with attempts to pass laws to penalize femicide, legalize abortion, and give women an equal voice in drafting a new constitution.
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Costa, with at least 106 Socialist seats in the 230-strong house, needs the support of just one of his previous partners to pass laws.
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Following the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the California Consumer Privacy Act, many attempted to pass laws that would give people more control over their data.
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That means, in order to pass laws, it will often need to draw on cross-bench support provided either by independent or minor-party lawmakers.
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The National Space Council is meant to help decide what the US should focus on for space policy, though it can't pass laws or change budgets.
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West Virginia and Alabama are the first states since Kavanaugh's confirmation to pass laws anticipating a post-Roe future, but they may not be the last.
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Some of the questions from liberal justices suggested they had one eye on future cases in which conservative states pass laws imposing restrictions on abortion clinics.
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Either way, the largest party will not be able to pass laws without support from other parties: be it through a coalition or inter-party agreements.
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"I hope more countries will pass laws to forbid their own citizens from going to China to do organ transplants," she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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Mr Sessions, the Senate's most consistent and ferocious critic of both illegal and legal immigration, has several times sought to pass laws abolishing the DACA scheme.
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"The study is really an argument both encouraging states to pass laws they think are necessary because they can work even with porous borders," he says.
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He was counting on his new coalition to pass laws that would grant him immunity from prosecution and limit the Supreme Court's power to overturn legislation.
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"It basically gives them this legislative gimmick to pass laws relatively easily," James Goodwin, a senior policy analyst at the Center for Progressive Reform, told me.
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As various countries pass laws calling for a local presence and increased regulation, it is possible that the social media conglomerate doesn't always even want to.
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Salvini argued that the parliamentary vote on the high-speed rail link showed that the current government doesn't have the majority it needs to pass laws.
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He's worked with government officials in almost every state to introduce bills to end the legality of the practice and help pass laws in eight states.
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Things might improve if parliament, newly elected, were to pass laws to tidy up customs rules, or to make it easier to hire and fire workers.
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Legislators want to pass laws requiring portals like Facebook, Twitter and Google to monitor all content and remove postings that are objectionable to those in power.
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Australia is preparing to pass laws designed to limit China's influence in domestic affairs following criticism by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that Beijing was interfering.
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Then everyone watched last week as North Carolina played the legislative equivalent of three-card monte and made it impossible to pass laws that banned discrimination.
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Many lawmakers have resigned because they've preached conservativism to their constituency and pass laws that hurt women while simultaneously practicing the behavior they speak out against.
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Walmart has announced that it will reduce gun and ammunition sales, and the retailer publicly called on elected officials to pass laws to strengthen background checks.
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But just as cities and states have legalized medical and recreational marijuana, they could also pass laws authorizing these sites, preventing the local police from intervening.
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The outrage surrounding these stories prompted many states to pass laws that ban the action of denying a hot meal to students with unpaid lunch balances.
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Citizens must demand that Congress and our state lawmakers open "real" debate on gun control, and pass laws that will protect Americans from death by firearms.
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The Irish government is expected to pass laws allowing abortions with no restriction up to 12 weeks into a pregnancy by the end of the year.
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"We can pass laws in bicameral spirit when the House and Senate agree, but neither is given any power to veto laws or legislation," he said.
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If they take effect, they will take effect through the budget reconciliation process, which enables Congress to pass laws without facing a filibuster in the Senate.
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Senator Kamala Harris of California, a Democrat seeking her party's nomination for president, has called on Congress to pass laws ending the sale of location data.
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Senator Kamala Harris of California, a Democrat seeking her party's nomination for president, has called on Congress to pass laws ending the sale of location data.
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Across the country, many legislative bodies are simply unwilling or unable to pass laws that voters want and need, and in fact often do the opposite.
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Abortion-rights supporters want states to pass laws protecting abortion so that if Roe falls, residents of those states will still have access to the procedure.
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Initially, the crime bill required states to pass laws mandating violent offenders serve at least 85% of their sentence before those states could receive TIS grant funds.
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While states can pass laws, it's ultimately up to local prosecutors and police to actually enforce those laws, and these local officials have a lot of discretion.
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"Reproductive rights supporters should urge their state elected officials to pass laws codifying the right to abortion and reject further restrictions on abortion care," she tells Broadly.
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"This could very well make other cities feel like they can maybe pass laws they want to pass," said Mehta, an expert on employment and criminal records.
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They are the responsibility of power utilities, the state public utility commissions (PUCs) that oversee utilities, and the state legislators who pass laws utilities have to follow.
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Rasmussen's minority government has been relying on support from the populist Danish People's Party (DF) to pass laws, leading it to back tougher laws to curb immigration.
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As more people feel empowered to come forward, pass laws, and name names, the public will learn just how pervasive and far-reaching sexual harassment really is.
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Like most candidates, women office-seekers aim to pass laws -- a challenge in the current Capitol Hill environment where neither the House or Senate are doing much.
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The past 20 years have seen around 50 attempts to pass laws in different Australian states to allow doctors to help terminally ill people end their lives.
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Instead, he ought to work with Congress to pass laws and amendments that provide comprehensive protections for Americans regardless of their religion, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
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And there have been bipartisan efforts by members of Congress to pass laws that would fill in the holes the Shelby decision left in the VRA's protections.
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Labour policy is expected to be the source of big clashes between right and left-wing forces, who will struggle to pass laws in a fragmented parliament.
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We could pass laws to prevent genetic discrimination (as we have with medical insurance), but knowing less than their applicants could drive insurers out of this market.
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For five years, members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will pass laws proposed by the European Commission, subject to approval by national governments in the EU Council.
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Unlike several other Southern states, Louisiana has not been swept up in efforts to pass laws similar to the one in North Carolina — a fact that Gov.
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While the ruling empowered the board in fiscal matters, it also noted that only the Puerto Rico government can pass laws necessary to implement new fiscal policies.
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Though monopoly is typically thought to be best handled by courts and economists, Stoller argues that Congress could pass laws to prevent concentration in the first place.
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The president of Iceland, Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson, once said that should he be able to pass laws, he would like to ban pineapple as a pizza topping.
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And it has successfully lobbied state legislatures to pass laws preempting local ride-hailing regulations, much to the frustration of officials in some cities where it operates.
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In the meantime, though, Republicans should press him to stop behaving like Putin's lapdog — and pass laws like the pending sanctions bill that limit his wiggle room.
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As the Atlantic's Vann Newkirk wrote last year, this has left a wide gap for states to pass laws discriminating against voters of color with little recourse.
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But when legislators have tried over the years to pass laws similar to the one recently proposed by Treasury, interested stakeholders have defeated the bills every time.
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His June 85033 plans also feature prototypes of the Constitution's Necessary and Proper Clause, which recognizes Congress's authority to pass laws to carry other powers into execution.
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While governments may very well enact laws that are consistent with religious teaching, governments do not pass laws to be consistent with what any particular religion dictates.
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The reforms would have made it so that the executive branch needs approval only from parliament's lower house in order to pass laws, and simplify the legislative process.
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C.V. Madhukar, who runs the identity programme for Omidyar Network, an investment fund, says the decision "will now require parliament to pass laws that allow for specific uses".
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"I think other states, if they pass laws to legalize marijuana, have to be cognizant of these things and think about" measures to protect children, Wang said Wednesday.
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It's high time for the Supreme Court to reject that standard so that North Dakota and other states are free to pass laws protecting fetuses earlier in pregnancy.
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The danger hot cars pose to pets has led some states to pass laws that allow passersby to breaking a vehicle's window to rescue an animal stuck inside.
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As the Atlantic's Vann Newkirk wrote earlier this year, this has left a wide gap for states to pass laws discriminating against voters of color with little recourse.
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That's why any administration must support congressional action to pass laws that permanently strengthen the rule of law, ensure our security, boost our economy and respect human dignity.
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Each state would have to pass laws to make sure debt was clearly considered property—that is, something the government can claim domain over—if it wasn't already.
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Parliaments with a higher share of women are also more likely to pass laws that advance equality for women, including provisions to address domestic violence and sexual harassment.
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Advocates from Resolve and the American Society for Reproductive Medicine hope that the American Medical Association's designation will help them get states to pass laws mandating infertility coverage.
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"To ensure a vigorous democratic process, Congress cannot pass laws designed to entrench career politicians at the expense of the First Amendment," Catherine Frazier said in a statement.
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When they win office, they steal state money to replace the capital they were provisionally given to fund their elections and pass laws that benefit their financial patrons.
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Cases like that one, documented in a March 22015 26 Minutes segment, led 20 states to pass laws that year requiring that hospitals treat patients with emergency conditions.
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Calling any form "invariably degrading," the committee's Global Initiative has persuaded 53 countries since 2001 to pass laws banning corporal punishment, even in the privacy of a home.
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But government resources alone will never be sufficient, so states should pass laws allowing whistle-blowers to bring cases on behalf of the government in workplace-related cases.
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State and local governments can pass laws to make their communities more resilient against the effects of climate change and impose rules to cut back on carbon emissions.
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Still, it's a stunning blow to Uber and Lyft, especially given their past success at manipulating states to pass laws strengthening their ability to classify workers as contractors.
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They have worked to pass laws to control the range of issues that surround abortion, from burial of fetal tissue and custody of frozen embryos, to ultrasound requirements.
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Smug liberals said George was too stupid to get elected, too stupid to get reelected, too stupid to pass laws or appoint judges or weather a political fight.
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Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, from the religious nationalist Jewish Home Party, has been pushing for over a year now to pass laws imposing special restrictions on foreign-funded NGOs.
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"There's no reason Donald Trump should be able to confirm nominees or pass laws while smashing the rule of law to pieces," said Ben Wikler, Washington director of MoveOn.org.
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Indiana, Louisiana and Texas are fighting to pass laws requiring that fetal tissue be cremated or buried, which pro-choice activists say will make abortions particularly difficult and expensive.
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But some could eventually pass laws that make fees a percentage of the revenue generated in the state, Wallach said, which is a more feasible option for small companies.
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Over the past several years, more than a dozen Republican-controlled legislatures have tried, to pass laws that stopped federal funds from going to any clinic that provides abortions.
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The state is one of 12 to pass laws restricting abortion access this year, some aimed at provoking a U.S. Supreme Court review of the landmark 1973 Roe v.
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Zelenskiy called on lawmakers to use the two months until the election to pass laws that would strip them of immunity from prosecution and ban officials from enriching themselves.
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Congress could also pass laws requiring presidents to make full financial disclosures before taking office, making more difficult the numerous conflicts of interest that have already bedeviled Trump's administration.
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Mr. Trump has said he thinks it is unnecessary to pass laws that restrict bathroom use by people who identify with a gender different from their gender at birth.
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As more elected officials wake up to the climate crisis, they must set targets grounded in science and — just as importantly — pass laws that give teeth to their pledges.
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A three-month state of emergency has begun, giving the government extra powers to pass laws as it pursues those suspected of trying to topple President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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"They'll pass laws, and there may be pieces of it we don't like and pieces that we love, but generally it ends up being a pretty productive, constructive process."
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It is one of 12 states to pass laws restricting abortion access this year, some aimed at provoking a U.S. Supreme Court review of the landmark 1973 Roe v.
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State leaders were understandably thrilled by the fact they'll now be able to pursue online says tax more aggressively, provided their own states pass laws that mirror South Dakota's.
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"The Knesset cannot pass laws that are valid in Japan," said Hagit Ofran, an advocate at Peace Now, a leftist group that opposes settlements, referring to the Israeli Parliament.
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Under the new deal, known as the USMCA, Mexico has promised to pass laws that will guarantee workers the right to form unions and negotiate their own labor contracts.
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Legislators may need to pass laws requiring manufacturers to use more recyclable materials, companies would need to build much-needed recycling infrastructure and people would need to recycle properly.
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Both laws were passed at a time of a deepening partisan divide in southern legislatures, where white, Republican majorities can often pass laws without the votes of black Democrats.
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The problem, of course, is that state representatives are not supposed to pass laws in order to help protect their cattle farmers from having to compete with other products.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who needs the support of Catalan nationalists to pass laws, favors dialogue to give Catalonia more autonomy but has ruled out any moves toward independence.
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Marijuana use has been on the rise among U.S. adults as a growing number of states pass laws legalizing it for medical and recreational purposes, researchers note in Sexual Medicine.
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These behemoths, the protesters warn, could feed Europeans food that is genetically modified or even toxic, and sue into submission democratic European governments that pass laws the corporate honchos dislike.
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A number of states have also acted to pass laws tightening restrictions, while some governments have moved toward securing schools or allowing staff and teachers to bring guns to school.
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An initiative, run by the Joyful Hearts Foundation, is fighting back by asking us to encourage our legislators to pass laws that change the way sexual assault evidence is handled.
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After 10 months of political limbo, Rajoy finds himself atop a minority government that is expected to struggle to pass laws, implement reforms and plug holes in Spain's public finances.
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This is the time of year when state governments make budget decisions and pass laws that will affect the education, jobs, health care, law enforcement and more in our communities.
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A number of states have also acted to pass laws tightening restrictions, while some legislatures have moved toward securing schools or allowing staff and teachers to bring guns to school.
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Now, survivor-led non-profit Human Rights for Kids and I are working to pass laws to make sure another child sex crime survivor never has to endure my sentence.
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He successfully lobbied many state legislatures to pass laws that require any youth athlete who sustained a concussion to return to play only after being cleared by a medical professional.
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For others, the call to action is for Congress to pass laws that require greater data protection in order for Facebook to operate in the U.S. — which can take time.
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This year Utah, Arkansas, Alabama and Texas were the first U.S. states to pass laws criminalizing sextortion, and similar legislation has been introduced in the District of Columbia, Becker said.
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Taking inspiration from efforts in other states like California and New York to pass laws that protect the rights of domestic workers, we began campaigning for similar legislation in Illinois.
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We need to demand that Congress pass laws strengthening oversight over consumer reporting agencies and to be vigilant when they attempt to undercut the existing laws, weak as they are.
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Achieving that status would gain them rights to levy some taxes, choose their official language, run their own security force and pass laws on issues including education and land administration.
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The Obama Administration has been more shrill than any other about immigration law being strictly federal and they've routinely attacked states which pass laws that mirror (unenforced) federal immigration laws.
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" An even higher number - 66% of Democrats - agreed that Congress should pursue impeachment, "even if that means they will need to postpone efforts to pass laws that could benefit me.
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Students can protest on the campus mall, demanding that policies be changed; elected officials can pass laws or cut resources to reflect their beliefs about how a campus should operate.
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His group, founded in 2011, has helped to persuade 16 states to legalize hunting with silencers and 13 states to pass laws preventing local police chiefs from blocking silencer applications.
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As part of the United States-Mexico Trade Deal, Mexico has promised to pass laws that will guarantee workers the right to form unions and negotiate their own labor contracts.
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"It will be easier for people to obtain Naloxone in places that pass laws broadening access to the drug than in places that don't — so that creates an experiment," Doleac said.
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And when politicians that these people feel culturally in sync with promise that, if elected, they will pass laws to reduce premiums and deductibles, these people are inclined to believe them.
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To pass laws, it must either scrape together seven further votes from Basque nationalists and Canarian regionalists (who want more autonomy for the Canary Islands), or hope the opposition Socialists abstain.
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The solution, however, is to ferret out the truly criminal activity — not to simply pass laws that make everything illegal, thereby giving the DOJ unfettered power to convict anyone it chooses.
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It's just like, "Hey, we want everyone to vote, everyone has the technology in their pocket already to vote, we're going to pass laws that accommodate it," and people will vote.
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During the election campaign last year, he promised to give police carte blanche to shoot suspected criminals and to pass laws to send adolescents to adult prisons, which are already packed.
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A vast majority of Americans want to get the influence of money out of politics, and want Congress to pass laws to do so, according to a 2018 Pew Research survey.
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The Liberals Party government has just 34 out of 179 seats in parliament and depends on support of rightist parties, including the anti-immigration Danish People's Party (DF), to pass laws.
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We witness groups of all-male lawmakers debate the fate of women's health care and fail to pass laws protecting rape survivors from having to share child custody with their attacker.
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Threatened by the specter of actual competition, the telecom lobby has convinced more than two dozen states to pass laws restricting or simply banning communities from building their own broadband networks.
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Legislators in some states have tried unsuccessfully to pass laws abandoning daylight saving time, but Arizona and Hawaii are the only states that do not reset their clocks twice a year.
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The European Commission said Thursday that if companies do not "take swift action" to detect and prevent hate speech, it will pass laws allowing the EU to punish them, CNN reported.
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So the 1998 agreement required states to pass laws that prevented cigarette companies that did not sign the agreement from gaining an unfair economic advantage over those that did sign it.
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Nonetheless, he found common ground with Democrats to pass laws dealing with land use, juvenile detention reform, charitable fraud prevention, sex crimes and victim's rights, to highlight just a few areas.
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Deep-red states are unlikely to pass laws protecting abortion rights in the near future, meaning their residents would be especially likely to lose access to abortion if Roe is overturned.
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Even if economic theorists think "cashing out" is plausible, Congress is unlikely to ever pass laws, or allow regulators to enforce policies and procedures, that further limit the use of cash.
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The European Commission said Thursday that if companies do not "take swift action" to detect and prevent hate speech, it will pass laws allowing the EU to punish them, CNN reported.
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We've been involved at the state and local level to pass laws that would ban face recognition or put a moratorium on the use of face recognition for a few years.
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Those who consider themselves political supporters of Trump are more evenly divided on whether the President should compromise -- 48% say he should compromise, 50% say he should pass laws without Democratic support.
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Currently, some 28 states have right to work laws on the books, and efforts to pass laws in more states have seen a resurgence in recent years, succeeding in places like Wisconsin.
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Unable to pass laws, Mr Obama turned to executive decrees and regulations much more frequently, notes one old acquaintance, than he would have countenanced in his days as a constitutional-law professor.
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RELATED: Tulsa police officer charged with manslaughter Meeks told Camerota about wanting Congress to pass laws providing more federal funding to train local law enforcement how to deescalate tense situations with citizens.
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People with real power in this country are convinced of their veracity, and those people have tried, and often succeeded, to pass laws and implement policies that afford these doctrines official force.
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Lawmakers say none of the major reforms he proposes will pass this year and there is a tight window next year to pass laws before campaigning starts for local elections in October.
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Congress can pass laws to mandate that information is passed along, but record sharing is a complicated process, and if there are no consequences for not following those laws, what's the point?
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Women across the country are being denied their right to make their own decisions about their reproductive health care, as anti-choice politicians pass laws that steadily chip away at this right.
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The simplest solution to protecting minors from entering marriages they may not be ready for, the report states, is to pass laws that set the marriage age without any exceptions to 18.
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Legislators should take steps to pass laws that prevent children from getting abused, but it should do so with language that is precise, and that considers the actual reality of the situation.
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We are also joining those encouraging our elected leaders to pass laws that will strengthen background checks and remove weapons from those who have been found to pose a risk for violence.
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Stories like these are distressingly familiar, as more and more states pass laws that make voting harder for certain groups of voters, usually minorities, but also poor people, students and the elderly.
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Canberra is preparing to pass laws designed to limit Beijing's influence in domestic affairs following criticism by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull late last year that Beijing was meddling in its affairs.
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I think it's absolutely possible to require the disclosure of beneficial ownership of a lot of these entities—to say who really owns and controls it, to pass laws to require that.
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And even if Mitch McConnell has disabused many liberals of the notion that this style of politics will pass laws, it still describes the candidates and messages they find themselves drawn to.
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In the state Constitution, Article IX defines the powers of local government; it broadly allows local governments to pass laws relating to its property, its businesses, its roadways, and its transit facilities.
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Meanwhile, local ranchers' groups have convinced twelve state legislatures to pass laws that prohibit words such as "meat" and "burger" from being used on labels for anything that's not "harvested" from carcasses.
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The violence, said to be driven by his two attackers' anti-gay anger, shocked the country and led many states and the federal government to pass laws cracking down on hate crimes.
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His choice for attorney general, Jeff Sessions of Alabama, has been a consistent and vociferous critic of both illegal and legal immigration, and has tried several times to pass laws abolishing DACA.
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Some anti-abortion rights groups have said they are trying to pass laws that will spur a court fight, in hopes that the Supreme Court will revisit its decision in Roe v.
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The Council of Europe, founded in 1949 and based in Strasbourg, France, is a separate body from the European Union and so only advise member states on policy but not pass laws.
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But would it have started a civil war in the Republican Party if the most publicly anti-deficit politician of his generation had simply refused to pass laws that increased the deficit?
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In the year since the February 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, several states have moved to pass laws to arm teachers as a way to protect students.
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But the opposition's lingering hold on the state assembly, dating from local elections in 2012, helps thwart the BJP from gaining enough seats in the Rajya Sabha to pass laws as it likes.
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The catch: City-owned networks would compete with the major ISPs who operate there, and incumbents have successfully lobbied states to pass laws preventing or discouraging towns from building their own broadband networks.
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And when we tried to pass laws that curbed gun violence, we made incremental progress until, suddenly, a group of powerful absolutists refused to even consider it, and conjured history as their defense.
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Yamani also said that Saudi Arabia will soon pass laws for its nuclear program and will have set up all of the regulations for its nuclear regulator by the third quarter of 2018.
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But the main opposition party Fianna Fail, whose support the minority administration relies on to pass laws, said it would support an appeal based on reassurances it had been given by the government.
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Mexico has agreed to pass laws giving workers the right to real union representation, to extend labor protections to migrant workers (who are often from Central America), and to protect women from discrimination.
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Instead of passing bills that target and discriminate against transgender people, states should pass laws that protect the rights of all people, regardless of gender identity, to access public accommodations free of discrimination.
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To Congress, and to anyone in a position of power, we are calling on you to do something, to pass laws that will protect victims of unspeakable crimes from this kind of abuse.
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Patients are tired of waiting for each state to pass laws that would likely be ignored by the federal government in the prosecution of doctors, families, hospitals and companies that abide by them.
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After Hill's state of California became the second to pass laws banning revenge porn in 2013, 46 other states and Washington DC have followed suit, according to nonprofit the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative.
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And Sena argues that the Republicans' worst enemy — if current patterns continue into 2018 — will be their inability to pass laws while in control of the White House and both chambers of Congress.
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We must demand that our elected representatives enact laws that will enhance the core values of our nation, even if they cost money, rather than pass laws that diminish us as a nation.
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One of their first priorities will be to pass laws strengthening New York's protections for abortion access and for immigrants, said Linda Rosenthal, a Democratic Assemblywoman who represents the west side of Manhattan.
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The industry has been pushing back aggressively, most notably at the state level, where it has convinced legislatures in Arizona, Michigan and California to pass laws that bar municipalities from adopting soda taxes.
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Frederiksen's Social Democrats will now have to rely on the Socialist People's Party, the Red-Green Alliance and the Social-Liberal Party - formerly headed by European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager - to pass laws.
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We can expect people to actually act preemptively and pass laws that will go into effect when the newly constituted Court overturns Roe (no doubt with strong dissents from Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan).
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In 2012, what was once Thomas's radical originalist rationale for curtailing Congress's powers to pass laws based on the Constitution's Commerce Clause almost became the basis for striking down the Affordable Care Act.
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Gavin Newsom â€" whose campaigns PG&E has funded handsomely â€" would just pass laws making them immune from being sued over fires, we won't have to go through all this trouble again.
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And not just because California was the first state to pass laws requiring companies to disclose data breaches and the first to grant minors the right to erase their online posts and photos.
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If the court declines the case or rules that this is constitutional, legislatures should step in and pass laws limiting trade-secret safeguards in criminal proceedings to a protective order and nothing more.
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Before dinner that evening, he stopped into a bar to meet Jeremy Kudon, a lobbyist whom DraftKings and its competitor FanDuel have hired to help persuade legislators to pass laws allowing digital gambling.
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In states like Nevada, pro-choice supporters have joined feminist road trips and testified on the floor of their state legislatures to tell their leaders how important it is to pass laws like these.
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Even if this bill is passed, it will be only the beginning: We must demand that our federal and state legislatures pass laws that ban forced arbitration in all cases of discrimination and harassment.
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Third, we have to pass laws dealing with deepfake videos, because I think we're potentially susceptible to foreign actors manipulating videos that are completely realistic and mess with the minds of the American people.
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Rather than waiting for such a test case, state legislatures might move proactively to pass laws that explicitly bar the enforcement of confidentiality provisions in settlement agreements applying to workplace-related sexual harassment claims.
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Mass shootings since Donald Trump became president have shown even that level of dialogue is now the stuff of nostalgia—no one thinks Republicans will actually pass laws to deal with mass gun violence.
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Lawmakers, however, say none of the major reforms Bolsonaro's government proposes will pass this year, and there is a tight window in 2020 to pass laws before campaigning starts for local elections in October.
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They asked why, if Congress believes that wrongdoing may be occurring in the office of the president, lawmakers couldn't conduct the kind of oversight needed to confirm those facts and then pass laws accordingly.
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Policy staffers would drop into a locality to work with city councils and regulators to pass laws and rules favorable to Uber or to fight back against offensives from established players in the market.
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We've seen this time and time again: Telecom companies and organizations that represent them helped pass laws in 21 states that make it difficult or illegal for cities to build their own internet networks.
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The central questions are what restrictions are too burdensome for women seeking an abortion and whether the state has the right to pass laws that close abortion clinics in the name of protecting health.
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The state of emergency allows the president and government to pass laws without first having to win parliamentary support and also allows them to curb or suspend rights and freedoms as they deem necessary.
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In addition to continuing to pass laws that protect farm animals from cruel treatment, the federal government should be investing financial resources in bringing this slaughter-free meat to market as quickly as possible.
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That he doesn't use his position for what it was intended -- to pass laws and govern according to the will of the American people -- is a dereliction of duty and a profound moral failure.
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"When we want companies to act a certain way — for example to reduce pollution or pay a certain amount of taxes — I think it's more effective to have the government pass laws," Gates wrote.
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Over the past five years or so, lobbyists with ties to Uber and other gig economy companies have convinced lawmakers in more than two dozen states to pass laws that classify drivers as contractors.
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"We are also joining those encouraging our elected leaders to pass laws that will strengthen background checks and remove weapons from those who have been found to pose a risk for violence," she added.
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At a time when many of these workers are feeling doubtful about politicians' ability to pass laws enforcing changes they want to see, they're increasingly calling on their employers to set the ethical standard.
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You cannot have an effective health care system or laws that move our health care system forward, you cannot pass laws to address climate change if we do not have the right to vote.
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In an effort to get city officials to pass laws that better protect undocumented immigrants within the criminal justice system, Leeds and her colleagues are holding a public forum in Denver on April 27.
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When former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman fought to pass laws that made strangulation a crime for the first time in the state, he paved the way for his own potential criminal charges.
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Since the FCTC came into force, it has persuaded dozens of nations to boost taxes on tobacco products, pass laws banning smoking in public places and increase the size of health warnings on cigarette packs.
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In addition, Mexico has agreed to pass laws giving workers the right to real union representation, to extend labor protections to migrants workers (who are often from Central America), and to protect women from discrimination.
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Five years ago, the American Bar Association urged governments to pass laws limiting the defense, saying a victim&aposs sexual orientation or gender identity should not be blamed for a criminal defendant&aposs violent reaction.
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The ideological showdown between Edwards and Landry mirrors a wider trend seen at different levels of government across the country, with many conservative lawmakers rejecting efforts to pass laws protecting the rights of transgender Americans.
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On the one hand, Handmaid outfits have become powerful protest symbols: They show up when states try to pass laws restricting abortion access, and they were a presence at Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
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After two inconclusive elections, Rajoy now leads Spain's weakest minority government and will have to piece together support in a hostile and fragmented parliament to pass laws and, most pressingly, design a budget for 2017.
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It will be this: If this is how the GOP operates in the run-up to Trump taking office, how quickly and aggressively will it move once it has the power to actually pass laws?
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The rapid pace of Chinese economic growth, along with the older styles of Chines authoritarian rule, have enabled regulators to draft and pass laws in a much shorter amount of time than in Western countries.
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John Kasich had the wisdom to curb Republican lawmakers' worst excesses, but DeWine has already made clear that he will give them free rein to pass laws that criminalize abortion and empower the gun lobby.
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A question for Republicans: Why do you pass laws to stop non-existent bathroom attacks and almost non-existent voter fraud but you do nothing to act against gun violence when hundreds die every week?
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Thankfully, because of the division of powers, the President of Iceland doesn't have the power to pass laws unilaterally, nor does he have the inclination to issue shotgun-blast executive orders like his American counterpart.
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"We are also joining those encouraging our elected leaders to pass laws that will strengthen background checks and remove weapons from those who have been found to pose a risk for violence," the statement said.
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But abortion rights have become a highly charged, and for many Democrats nonnegotiable, issue, as conservative states aggressively seek to pass laws that they hope will lead to a legal challenge of the Roe decision.
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Let's not miss another opportunity to galvanize the public and call on policymakers to pass laws that provide paid sick leave for all America's workers, including those who work part-time and at small businesses.
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Chiy acknowledged that WWF did deserve praise for its "novel approaches to conservation management," such as its efforts to limit "commercial exploitation," and for lobbying the Cameroonian government to pass laws protecting indigenous people's rights.
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With the U.S. Congress unable to pass laws on issues more pressing than financial deregulation, analysts said uncertainty around U.S. polices including trade, taxes and spending may weigh on the economy in the near term.
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Trump's bet represents his most audacious risk yet in a presidency built on his own conviction that his superior negotiating skills can unlock an era of congressional inertia and pass laws that will reshape the nation.
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We need to think about their assumed place in the way that we pass laws, and we also need to understand how we affirm and solidify their place in society in the stories that we tell.
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He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
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Since I founded Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America nearly five years ago, volunteers across the country have worked tirelessly to pass laws to help keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers.
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If President Trump were sua Eccellenza, his great challenge would be the mismatch between the electoral coalition that (narrowly) carried him to victory and the collection of parties that he needs in order to pass laws.
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The ruling reinforces the sovereignty of parliament to pass laws and decisions affecting the U.K. The ruling caused frustration among those in favour of Brexit, with fears that the move may delay the U.K. from leaving.
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So instead he directs a series of unimpressive prime ministers while urging his party to wage war on Romania's "deep state", including its anti-corruption directorate, and to pass laws making it harder to tackle graft.
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Gianroberto Casaleggio, the late internet guru who co-founded 25-Star in 25, believed the web would eventually supplant representative democracy, the system under which all eligible citizens vote on representatives to pass laws for them.
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More than a dozen states have passed, or are trying to pass, laws to curb the possibility of Sharia law making its way onto the books in the US. ACT for America often promotes this legislation.
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Ahead of Sunday's 20th anniversary of the agreement to protect human rights defenders, Forst joined other U.N. experts urging governments to pass laws to keep rights workers safe, and to repeal legislation that obstructs their work.
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If you read the popular press today, you'd think that people are about to march on Silicon Valley and Washington D.C., with pitchforks, demanding that legislators pass laws that restrict big tech from destroying the world.
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If states choose to pass laws calling for election officials to closely scrutinize a presidential candidate's eligibility, and if states invite courts to participate in that process, they are likely within their rights to do so.
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In rethinking his views, Judge Kavanaugh wrote in 2009 in the Minnesota Law Review that Congress should pass laws that would protect a president from civil and criminal law suits until they are out of office.
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Putin referred specifically to associates of his arch-nemesis Bill Browder, a businessman (and British citizen) who has succeeded in getting seven countries, including the United States, to pass laws punishing Russian oligarchs suspected of corruption.
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The burst of state activity on drug costs recalls the way states acted on their own to pass laws to expand health insurance coverage in the years before Congress passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010.
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Accordingly, Congress approved a constitution for Puerto Rico in 1952 and home rule for the capital district in 1973, delegating to both local governments the power to pass laws for which Congress otherwise would be responsible.
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Not in the vague "somebody should do something" sense, but in the more concrete way of pressuring governments to pass laws regulating the use of algorithms, or calling out corporations using faulty AI to unjust ends.
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The states also argue that because lawmakers have attempted to pass laws protecting gender identity in addition to laws protecting against discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity and sex cannot be the same thing.
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Since then, Democrats' worries over abortion access have only deepened, thanks to Republican states' successful efforts to pass laws that would ban abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy and take down Roe v.
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She said: When former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman fought to pass laws that made strangulation a crime for the first time in the state, he paved the way for his own potential criminal charges.
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This is why Thaler and Sunstein opt for nudging rather than benevolent dictatorship — or, less dramatically, for a system of governance in which legislatures pass laws designed by technocrats that force people to do the "right" thing.
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At least 32 states have passed or are soon expected to pass laws requiring online sellers to collect and remit sales taxes - including about 20 with laws that would cover spending online during the holiday shopping season.
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Gavin Newsom railed against the "weapons of mass destruction" and said the Republican Party was "morally bankrupt" for refusing to pass laws that prevent people from owning the kinds of firearms used most often in mass shootings.
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In further measures hostile to banks, Labour could pass laws preventing banks from closing unprofitable branches in places where they are the last branch in town, and intervene to curb profits banks make on variable rate mortgages.
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In a call with reporters, White House top adviser Stephen Miller made a series of assertions in his argument that Congress should pass laws sought by the administration on illegal immigration, particularly migration by families and children.
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The important thing here isn't just to pass laws that cut prison sentences or make it harder to lock someone up, but to fundamentally alter the way that Americans and their leaders think of crime in America.
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Trump should be "investing in greater election security and having the Congress work with state governments to pass laws to establish even a basic level of cybersecurity protection and election protection for our voting systems," he said.
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The D.C. Cannabis Business Association is pushing for the council to encourage Congress to repeal a rider that does not allow the D.C. council to pass laws that "reduce penalties" associated with marijuana and outlaws pot sales.
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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, declared a three-month state of emergency on Wednesday that gave the state extra powers to pass laws as the authorities pursue individuals suspected of attempting to topple his government.
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Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, a consultancy, projects that up to 32 states could pass laws to legalize sports betting in some form within five years, some of which have declared online fantasy sports contests to be illegal gambling.
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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's relationship with top trading partner China faces a testing two weeks as Canberra prepares to pass laws designed to limit Beijing's influence in domestic affairs amid pressure on some of its fastest growing exports.
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Andrew Johnson -- a high school wrestler in New Jersey who cut his dreadlocks during a match and inspired three states to pass laws on hair discrimination -- was depressed after the incident, he told the ESPN's The Undefeated.
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After discussing its role in the new government, the Green Party said it would not be a formal part of the Labour-New Zealand First coalition but would lend its votes to help the government pass laws.
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If another state were allowed into the union, it would dilute the vote of currently serving federal lawmakers — and therefore make it slightly more difficult for these lawmakers to pass laws that favor the states they represent.
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The United States does not provide mandatory paid maternity leave, as other countries do, and states have actually needed to pass laws in order to protect a woman's right to breast-feed in public and at work.
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In the new study of the effects of sick leave, researchers analyzed what happened in five states and Washington, D.C., before and after they passed sick leave laws, and compared this with states that didn't pass laws.
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The Trump administration has taken steps to ban bump stocks, signed off on funding for improved background checks and encouraged states to pass laws that would allow authorities to more easily confiscate guns from individuals deemed dangerous.
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Five years ago in North Carolina, the Republican-led government restricted the right of localities to pass laws allowing transgender people to use the restroom corresponding to their gender, as well as laws raising the minimum wage.
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DALLAS — Phillip Jones, whose job it is to court visitors to this city, spent months warning anyone who would listen: Economic pain will follow if Texas lawmakers pass laws seen as hostile to gay and transgender people.
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In 2015, the mayor focused on affordable housing as his administration ramped up its efforts to pass laws to reshape zoning rules, and require a certain amount of affordable housing in new buildings that benefited from rezonings.
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The lack of independent analysis stymies congressional oversight in areas from banking and finance reform, to the oversight of technology companies, to the potential to effectively pass laws that will respond to the threat of climate change.
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So as long as it didn't present an "undue burden" for a woman seeking an abortion, states could now pass laws regulating abortion for two purposes: protecting potential fetal life, or protecting a woman's health and safety.
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Legislators have been facing increased pressure over the past several years from so-called "clean" beauty companies and consumer advocates alike to pass laws that give the FDA more regulatory power over cosmetics and personal care products.
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There are even laws against helping homeless people eat: a study from the National Coalition for the Homeless found that between 2013 and 2014 alone, 21 cities took action to pass laws or other measures restricting food-sharing.
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But to complete the transaction, Aziz said, the government would have to pass laws in parliament to reverse the 2016 legislation that converted PIA into a limited company and effectively barred the government from giving up management control.
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NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The murder of a teenage maid in India triggered calls on Monday for the government to urgently pass laws to curb trafficking and update legislation that lets children work as domestic help.
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After the advent of the direct initiative process, citizens of California and other western states had little need to instruct state legislators – they could pass laws or even amend their state constitution themselves and completely bypass the legislature.
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The report also urged legislators to pass laws so people can file harassment lawsuits directly against faculty and not just the university, and so employees who settle harassment complaints cannot keep them confidential from another prospective academic employer.
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"We will keep fighting in Mississippi until we overturn this harmful law, and in any state where antigay legislators pass laws to roll back LGBT civil rights," said Beth Littrell, a lawyer with gay rights group Lambda Legal.
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Push for the repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act, which allowed 28 states to pass laws preventing employees from negotiating union security clauses into their contracts and financially weakened unions by not legally obligating employees to pay dues.
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May, who is expected to win a majority at the June 8 election, pledged to pass laws giving users new rights to access data held about them, and granting the government the power to enforce them with sanctions.
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Cities like Las Vegas and Lacey, Washington, continued to pass laws banning camping or sleeping outdoors in the wake of the ruling — with the caveat that police must offer shelter before making an arrest or issuing a ticket.
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To do this, Republicans in the Senate will need to overcome the filibuster (the CRA allows the Senate to approve a regulatory repeal with 50 votes) and work with the House to pass laws to overturn the regulations.
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Illinois, New Mexico and California are among Democratic-majority states attempting to pass laws requiring future presidential candidates to reveal their federal income tax records — dating back five years — if they want to appear on that state's ballot.
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They both would have supported lower taxes and a smaller governmental footprint; beyond that, Corey Stewart probably would have spent a lot of his time using state resources to round up immigrants and pass laws protecting Confederate monuments.
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Vladeck pointed to that decision as evidence that the Supreme Court has allowed Congress to pass laws that allow people not confirmed by the Senate to take on temporary, "acting" titles without needing to be confirmed by the Senate.
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One example: The Australian government is threatening to pass laws in the wake of the Facebook-livestreamed Christchurch massacre that would land platform execs in jail and impose significant fines if they didn't act quickly to remove terroristic content.
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Yet those same promises could be hard to deliver under an NDP government, which needs Green cooperation and every legislator to be present for every vote to pass laws, said University of British Columbia political science professor Hamish Telford.
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That's a very good reason not to pass laws that require government agents to be able to determine at a glance whether someone is "legal" or not — or deprive immigrants of a judicial hearing to sort out their status.
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Over just four years, Uber and rival Lyft helped pass laws in 41 states that put ride-hailing under the state's jurisdiction, preempting some or all local regulations, according to a 2018 study by the National Employment Law Project.
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Meanwhile, Law and Justice officials have indicated the party will also try to pass laws later in this parliamentary session to regulate foreign ownership of private media outlets and to restructure the way provincial and local elections are conducted.
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Without those safeguards in the legislature, the government would be in a stronger position to pass laws limiting political freedoms, which it tried to do in 2003 with a nefarious security bill that was shelved following enormous street protests.
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You simply can't win elections and pass laws without appealing to a broad group of people who disagree internally, and in a country like the United States that will likely include some people with social views progressives find odious.
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Portuguese bonds have rallied to their highest in more than a month after the minority Socialist government, which under a year-old accord relies on two far-left parties in parliament to pass laws, presented the bill on Friday.
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The EU's ability to rein in member states which pass laws that undermine core democratic principles is a key challenge facing the bloc, amid a growing divergence between its wealthy, liberal western states and newer, more conservatively-minded eastern members.
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Ranging from Luxembourg, Malta and Cyprus with six seats each to Germany with 433, for five years Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will pass laws proposed by the European Commission, subject to approval by national governments in the EU Council.
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In her plan, Warren said Congress should pass laws that provide statutory guarantees for rights established under Roe, invalidating laws like the one recently passed in Alabama, while also being durable enough to withstand a Supreme Court decision overturning it.
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The government has said its draft 2018 budget launched two weeks ago would slow economic growth slightly, but the Danish People's Party (DF), whose support it needs to pass laws, is pushing for increased welfare spending that could increase growth.
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The paper suggests that Congress could pass laws requiring companies to determine the origins of posts and accounts; publish reports on the prevalence of "inauthentic" accounts; and clearly identify bot accounts, which are sometimes known as a "Blade Runner" law.
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He will have to ask Congress to pass laws that would limit legal immigration, and he will find that there are a lot of people on both sides of the aisle who favor continuing to allow people to immigrate legally.
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A U.N.-backed study this month showed no country does enough to help mothers breastfeed their babies for the recommended six months, as it urged governments to clamp down on baby-formula marketing and pass laws for paid maternity leave.
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The public option, wildly popular among Democrats, was passed by the House but killed by a small number of conservative Democratic senators who had an enormous amount of power because Senate filibuster rules require supermajorities of 60 votes to pass laws.
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Our leaders have an obligation to their constituents to pass laws that make our lives better, but if all constituents aren't engaged, then the few that do vote, who may not share your values, will hold them accountable for you.
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"The president has a lot of flexibility when it comes to sanctions, but it is always possible for Congress to pass mandatory or to pass laws to prevent the president from being able to use his waiver authority," Schumer said.
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"I would rather arm law-abiding citizens and make sure they can prevent this from happening, as opposed to trying to pass laws that would prevent law-abiding citizens from having guns," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told Fox News Channel.
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While our leaders at the state and federal levels have been working to pass laws to prevent dangerous people from purchasing guns, Friday's massacre in Illinois illustrates the importance of removing existing guns from those who should not have them.
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Since the late 19th century, many Southern states have embraced a similar economic approach, some historians say: slash taxes to attract corporations, pass laws that weaken unions and pull back on investing in public services like infrastructure and public schools.
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In a message seen by Reuters, Airbnb this week alerted hosts in Singapore to the court case and asked them to "share" their reason for hosting and why it is important the government pass laws that permit short-term home sharing.
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He's created a space where the Democratic base is talking about packing the Supreme Court, adding new states to elect Democratic senators, and abolishing the filibuster rules that make it impossible to pass laws without 60 seats in the Senate.
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Sanchez, who replaced a conservative government last June in a vote of confidence, holds just a quarter of the seats in parliament and relies on backing from anti-austerity party Podemos, Catalan nationalists and other small parties to pass laws.
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Both organizations were vocal in Rome and are part of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa, a network that pushes governments to pass laws that ensure real food security by supporting farmers to breed and distribute climate-resilient seed varieties.
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Typically, federal prosecutions that result in mistrials due to hung juries do not prohibit state attorneys from bringing similar charges under the definition of double jeopardy as defined by the Supreme Court, unless states pass laws specifically outlawing such a practice.
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Margarita López Maya, a Venezuelan political scientist, said the court appeared to consider the legislature to be in contempt, meaning that it might not be able to pass laws, even if the court agreed not to take over its legislative powers.
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With at least 106 Socialist seats in the 230-strong house, Costa needs the support of just one of his partners in the previous legislature, where his party had 86 seats, to have a working majority needed to pass laws.
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But in a single sentence, Schiff, a top leader of the US government's investigation into Russia's chaos campaign, dismissed any notion that legislators would pass laws that might restrain the massive computational engines that power Facebook's feed, Twitter's timeline, and Google's search.
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That movement has led dozens of states to pass laws which allow gun-owners to use lethal force when they reasonably believe that their safety is threatened, with no duty to retreat when they are in their home or other lawful place.
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"As other states pass laws outlawing abortion, Maine's leaders have stepped up to protect the health and wellbeing of individuals and families in our great state," Oamshri Amarasingham, advocacy director at the ACLU of Maine, said in a statement provided to Refinery29.
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PUCALLPA, Peru, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra told Reuters his government will likely pass laws within six months needed to tap a new lithium and uranium deposit, removing a major hurdle for Canadian miner Plateau Energy Metals' proposed $800 million mine.
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It could provide greater political cover for more countries to pass laws or regulations barring unbreakable encryption or requiring companies to be capable of hacking their own users, both of which are anathema to major U.S.-based global providers including Apple and Google.
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"— Steven H. Aden, senior counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian organization "Today's ruling sets a dangerous precedent for states like Texas, which the Constitution makes clear should be free to pass laws that are in the best interests of our citizens.
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"I look forward to working alongside my colleagues to pass laws that promote a dynamic economy with more jobs, higher wages and greater economic freedom for all Americans," said Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) in a Thursday statement announcing the new members.
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Subsequently, kids like Gavin Grimm in Gloucester Virginia get called freaks at public school board meetings, and states like North Carolina pass laws that force transgender children out of bathrooms, making it difficult or impossible for trans people to live real, public lives.
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If the Supreme Court rules in favor of New Jersey, it could invalidate Paspa entirely and therefore allow every state to pass laws legalizing sports betting, or it could leave Paspa intact but rule that New Jersey's law does not violate it.
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Netanyahu, who has denied accusations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, made no immediate comment on the loss of an ally who could have run interference in efforts by Blue and White to pass laws weakening his 11-year grip on power.
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In answering questions from students about pizza and football (his favorite Premier League team is Manchester United), Mr. Johannesson told them that, should he be able to pass laws, he would like to ban pineapple as a pizza topping, igniting a media firestorm.
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That decision established a woman's right to choose to have an abortion, but if more states, or even the federal government, pass laws that treat fetuses like people, advocates could build a case that a fetus' rights counterbalance the rights of a woman.
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Time is of the essence as it's likely that some state legislatures will move to pass laws that are at odds with the successful, light-touch approach to internet regulation of the Clinton and Bush years that Chairman Pai is attempting to restore.
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Still, it is not yet clear that Mr. Cooper is condemned to four years of disdain in which Republicans in the General Assembly pass laws he is powerless to stop, while ensuring that his own initiatives land with the thud of a doorstop.
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So President Trump's insistence in his State of the Union address this past week that Congress pass laws to ensure that "American foreign-assistance dollars always serve American interests, and only go to America's friends" may not be as easy as it seems.
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But we really tried to continue to have a united front to push Congress to work with governors and mayors and pass laws around the country; paid leave, paid sick days, lots of cities and states have passed laws for those two, for example.
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It does not have enough seats in parliament to pass laws its own, however, and requires the cooperation of the main opposition party, Fianna Fail, which wants to lower the cap to 2 percent and apply it more widely to win support in parliament.
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And there will likely be a renewed push -- in the wake of the court's ruling -- by Democrats and election reform types to pass laws that take the line-drawing out of the hands of state legislators and give that power to independent/bipartisan/nonpartisan commissions.
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Conservatives have used the specter of voter fraud, which a number of studies have shown is virtually non-existent in American elections, to pass laws that disproportionately make it harder to vote for people of color and college students, who tend to back Democratic candidates.
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By defunding Planned Parenthood, by allowing Congress to pass laws that restrict abortion, and by filling lower courts with judges who will allow state lawmakers to get away with anti-choice legislation, abortion could quickly become an option available to only a privileged few.
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The November 2000 Palermo Convention against organized crime, signed by all of the nations involved in the tragedy, also requires countries to pass laws, take effective measures and "cooperate to the fullest extent possible" to prevent and suppress the smuggling of migrants by sea.
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John Cornyn of Texas, the No. 2 Senate Republican, said the founding fathers were right when they wanted to make it difficult to pass laws and said the filibuster -- which requires 60 of 100 members to agree -- is a proper mechanism to ensure that.
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The debate around the CLOUD Act also taps into tech company concerns that foreign nations may move to pass laws in favor of data localization, or the process of storing users' personal data within the borders of the country of which they are a citizen.
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The Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colua, came out of an activist housing tradition, and she has been trying to alleviate the most egregious issues around housing insecurity in Barcelona, like clamping down on aspects of AirBnB and trying to pass laws around housing speculation.
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Harrison Cheng, associate director and lead Thailand analyst at political consultancy Control Risks, wrote in a note last week that the new government — regardless of which coalition takes control — "will likely run into serious problems trying to pass laws" due to a divided parliament.
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And lest we talk about the draconian regulations on home-sharing platforms that will cost San Franciscans millions… As a city that is home to sharing services like Airbnb, rather than embrace them, the city is consistently looking to pass laws to make them illegal.
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The populist Danish People's Party (DF), upon whose support the minority government depends to pass laws, gave its backing on Friday to a fiscal budget for 2018 but one of the coalition parties said it still wanted an agreement on tax cuts.
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Because you either have to pass laws that take power away from cities — which is upending a system that we've used since the beginning — or it's getting involved in a fight one city council at a time, which resists any kind of dramatic solution.
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I sat in the balcony of the House chamber during last week's State of the Union address, angry and disgusted as he called for Congress to pass laws restricting safe, legal abortion and criticized state legislation that seeks to protect access to health care.
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"If the government can make laws on its own, then you'll be heading down a slippery slope because they can next pass laws blocking parts of the internet, or allowing detention without trial, for example, and all laws without any Legislative Council scrutiny," he added.
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That was worth remembering as they complained about him spending more than $100 million to run for president, on a platform of "making change happen" by capping congressional terms, allowing voters to pass laws in national referenda and otherwise governing as an Obama-style liberal.
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He seems to find, for example, the equal dignity clause with respect to gay rights, or the idea that a civilized society doesn&apost pass laws that harm people, for example, rather than importing either a national rights theory of the law or involving constitutionalism or anything.
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According to The New York Times, tech companies that sign to the agreement will agree to share data with authorities and each other to eradicate extremist online content, while countries who sign the non-binding agreement will pledge to pass laws aimed at tackling the issue.
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Over the past few years, victims of revenge porn have been fighting to pass laws around the country to ensure this new class of sexual violence is actually seen as a crime; thirty-eight states and Washington, DC, now have laws against revenge porn on the books.
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If enough states pass laws protecting net neutrality, it would effectively nullify the FCC's hugely unpopular decision, and may discourage major ISPs from creating "fast lanes" on the internet for services that can afford to pay — one of the biggest fears in a post-net neutrality world.
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According to the New York Times, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is concerned that the laws enabling pharmacists to prescribe the pill, patches, and rings might actually make it harder to pass laws to make all contraception available over the counter, without a prescription.
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Former Florida GOP officials, including former Governor Charlie Crist and former party chairman Jim Greer, admitted to the Palm Beach Post in 2012 that state lawmakers used voter fraud as an excuse to pass laws that would make it harder for Democratic voters to cast a ballot.
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Instead, as part of an effort to "harden" American schools, officials said the administration will provide assistance to states to arm teachers, encourage them to pass laws keeping guns away from dangerous individuals and call on Congress to pass legislation strengthening the national background check system.
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Instead, as part of an effort to "harden" American schools, officials said the administration will provide assistance to states to arm teachers, encourage them to pass laws keeping guns away from dangerous individuals and call on Congress to pass legislation strengthening the national background check system.
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They were told that they would be able to manage their own immigration policy, repatriate the sums of UK cash currently spent by the EU, and, above all, that they would be able to pass laws independently and in the interests of the people of this country.
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And while the FCC order seeks to tie the hands of state lawmakers behind their backs, making it nearly impossible to pass laws contravening it, some states, including New York, Washington, and California, are considering laws that would prevent ISPs that violate net neutrality from bidding on state contracts.
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Watch a VICE News Tonight segment on one family separated by their mother's deportation: Then there are worker centers, which generally organize low-income immigrant workers without bargaining formal contracts and have helped pass laws on wages and working conditions in many cities and states since the 1990s.
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And then you see this massive upswing in abortion restriction where Republicans both are energized by the fight they had in DC where a lot of them think they got a really raw deal in Obamacare, and then they have these majorities where they can pass laws very easily.
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While I agree with Mr. Eisman that breaking up the big banks might not be the ideal solution because of unexpected consequences, his advocacy of comprehensive regulation of the financial sector relies on Congress to keep laws in place, or to pass laws, that rein the bankers in.
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Swiss competitiveness has been badly dented by the strong franc, but Yves Mirabaud, president of the Geneva Financial Center which carried out the poll, said the main threats are curbs on immigration from the European Union and a failure to pass laws guaranteeing access to the EU banking market.
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Mallory Quigley, the vice president of communications for Susan B. Anthony List, an anti-abortion group, said that bills limiting abortion introduced in states this year far outnumbered abortion rights measures, and noted that Democratic efforts to pass laws strengthening abortion rights had failed or stalled in some places.
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On Thursday, they enacted two bills aimed at bolstering the Legislature's authority — one that made it more difficult for voters to pass laws or constitutional amendments through ballot initiatives, and another that gave lawmakers the automatic right to intervene in any suit challenging a law or legislative action.
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To address various concerns about the amendment, the Legislature should pass laws that would ensure racial and ethnic diversity on the commission and require the State Supreme Court, which has a conservative majority, to appoint a special master to draw the maps using the same criteria as the commission.
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"They must pass laws to tackle the huge amount of care work done by women and girls, and ensure that people who do some of the most important jobs in our society —caring for our parents, our children and the most vulnerable— are paid a living wage," Behar said.
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RELATED: What's in and what's out in the latest government spending bill A CNN/ORC poll from March found that 72% of Americans want to see Trump to reach bipartisan compromises rather than try to pass laws he thinks are right for the country, even if they aren't supported by Democrats.
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"Rzucek wants tech companies to 'take some responsibility' in preventing this from happeningRzucek decided to issue the statement in hopes that Congress will "pass laws that will protect victims of unspeakable crimes from this kind of abuse" and that social media platforms will "take some responsibility" and "stop this despicable conduct.
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Now that Mr. Erdogan has declared a state of emergency, giving the state the power to bypass Parliament and pass laws that could possibly limit individual freedoms and suspend the rule of law for issues like pretrial detentions, many Turks are worried that the purge of suspected enemies will broaden.
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That decision led to a raucous day in Parliament on Monday, which included everything from May trying to defend her decision against attacks to a Labour member of Parliament temporarily stealing the queen's mace, a symbol of her authority that must be present in order for Parliament to meet or pass laws.
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Peter Henning, a law professor at Wayne State University and former federal prosecutor, said the judge's ruling appeared to be solid and that, while 27 states have their own laws criminalizing the practice, other states would need to pass laws or use existing assault or abuse laws if they wanted to bring charges.
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Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, highlighted a March hearing he led on the Senate Judiciary Committee to encourage states to pass laws to allow families or law enforcement officers to petition a court for an order to temporarily restrict a person's access to firearms if they show signs of harming themselves or others.
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The King amendment, which was attached to the twice-a-decade farm bill that funds projects under the purview of the Agriculture Department, would have made it illegal for any state to pass laws setting new standards for animal products — even if such a measure had the overwhelming assent of a state's citizens.
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This is someone who, frankly, has contempt for the entire American system of government, someone who is hostile to a free press and has openly said he wants to pass laws constraining it, and has declared openly that he will use the powers of the presidency to punish organizations that challenge him.
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Meanwhile some states have passed, or are trying to pass, laws to curb the possibility of Sharia law making its way onto the books in the US. With the rise in recent years of both radical Islamic terrorism and anti-Muslim bigotry, Sharia -- or Islamic religious law -- has become a hot topic of debate.
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpFacebook releases audit on conservative bias claims Harry Reid: 'Decriminalizing border crossings is not something that should be at the top of the list' Recessions happen when presidents overlook key problems MORE demanded on Sunday that Democrats "fix" immigration laws in the U.S. and pass laws to tighten the southern border.
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Nonetheless, state legislators in places like Mississippi and Alabama who are trying to pass laws that would ease restrictions on guns on K-12 campuses say their efforts have seen a boost in recent weeks as President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for arming school staff, following the high school shooting in Parkland, Fla.
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The reshuffle, which will last for most of Monday, is part of the 61-year-old's attempts to reassert her authority over not only her party, but also parliament, where she depends on the support of a small Northern Irish party to pass laws, especially those needed for Britain's departure from the EU bloc.
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"There's a chance for the administration to rethink its position" She's also warning that they will set a dangerous precedent if they turn the DOJ into a partisan agency that serves individual presidents and not the American people and the very lawmakers on Capitol Hill they elect to represent them and pass laws on their behalf.
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Lynch says there's currently a lot of secrecy surrounding how law enforcement is using facial recognition tech in the US and any additional information will help those who are trying to pass laws that'll stop it from taking root in their communities: A few years back, we got access to a PowerPoint presentation that the FBI gave.
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Though the secretary of state doesn't pass laws and has additional responsibilities outside of running elections, it's a relatively simple fact that the person who decides polling place locations, maintains voter rolls, promotes and implements election-related legislation, and helps determine the state's election security measures can have significant influence in a system where a citizen's right to vote is not guaranteed.
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Well, praying while also accepting money from the most powerful lobbies on guns in this country, including the National Rifle Association, whose stance has been to refuse essentially any political regulation that would allow lawmakers to do the one thing they're supposed to do to squash gun violence in this country: engage in politics and pass laws to keep people safe.
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But don't start trying to pass laws banning music, 'cause then that's when I'm going to educate myself;, anyone who's against us, when it comes to that, you start trying to ban music in this country—I can't do anything about other countries—but here, if you're trying to take away my right, then there's going to be an issue.
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As states, primarily in the South and Midwest, pass laws restricting where and when women can terminate their pregnancies, women will have to rely on surrounding states that have maintained higher levels of access — if they can afford to travel to them, said Elizabeth Nash, senior state issues manager at the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health organization that supports abortion rights.
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She observes cannily that "among the mother writers of today probably two of the most distinguished are Karl Ove Knausgaard and, in his way, Louis C.K." I have often thought (perhaps cynically) that male writers have more literary freedom to detail 21st-century parental domestic life, and only when a goodly number of men are stay-at-home parents will this country ever pass laws about universal pre-K.
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When state legislatures pass laws that are blatantly unconstitutional, when the president of the United States acts as if he is above the law by refusing to follow court orders (or ordering his Cabinet to refuse to follow court orders), when the Senate refuses to debate a Supreme Court nominee for fear of losing party control, a constitutional crisis exists that only the people can fix by insisting the laws be enforced.
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And that is the main point with chipping refugees—that is might just be the carrot both Republican and Democrat Congress members need to pass laws to save hundreds of thousands of lives by allowing wartorn refugees into the US. If we don't create an acceptable bipartisan scenario where we let in refugees, then millions of innocent human beings will continue to be killed and harmed in totally destroyed cities and warzones.
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"We will also demand fairness overseas," Trump said, noting that some drugs that cost only a few dollars in foreign countries are sold for hundreds of dollars in the US. Pharmaceutical and biotech industry stocks jumped in response to the speech, reflecting industry relief over the new plan, which calls for Congress to pass laws giving more power to insurers who administer Medicare drug benefits to negotiate better drug prices, a daunting prospect in an election year.
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Born in Cape Town in the 265s, I went to work for The Rand Daily Mail in 2750, a Johannesburg-based newspaper that pioneered comprehensive coverage of black life in the mainstream press: the arrest every year of more than 2000,000 black people who transgressed the "pass laws" that controlled where they were allowed to live and work; starvation in the rural areas, with babies dying from severe malnutrition; awful housing, transportation and health care; torture by the security police and detention without trial.
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