for those who don't know, blue laws are completely random or unnecessary laws that are in certain areas. Look forward to reading them!
I am out of the loop because I live in Canada. But I keep seeing all these posts on social media regarding abortion and birth control laws in the United states. Are they banning one or both of those or cutting funding for it? And more importantly why would they do this?Can someone fill me in?
Examples of 2 articles I've seen; and I've seen multiple tweets about abortion in the United states lately
https://www-latimes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-abortion-bans-states-roe-wade-supreme-court-20190511-story.html?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&outputType=amp&usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fnation%2Fla-na-abortion-bans-states-roe-wade-supreme-court-20190511-story.html%3FoutputType%3Damp%23referrer%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%26amp_tf%3DFrom%2520%25251%2524s
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-47066307
I couldn't be happier. In the last year I've wrangled my mental health and I'm in a better place than I've been in years.
In the moment these accomplishments seem insignificant to work and time put in, but they're huge.
What is something going well in your life now?
Edit: I've gone through the comments and tried to respond to everyone. If I missed you I'm sorry! I'll be hanging around and continuing to cheer you guys on, give pep talks, advice and celebrating the great things going on in your lives!
UPDATE:
Many people asked about the brief I was working on. I will not identify the exact brief for privacy purposes but here is the Supreme Court link to the case, Allen v. Cooper. All of the Amicus briefs filed are at the bottom. I wrote one of them ;)
https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/18-877.html
I am happy to answer all questions you have about it, except those that would identify the one I wrote.
Countries like Germany and the United Kingdom enacted laws targeting hate speech by neo-Nazis. Why doesn't the United States have similar laws, esp. following the huge American involvement against Nazi Germany in World War 2?
EDIT: > Wowza, that was fun! Alas, gotta get back to registering young people to vote. Thanks to all for your questions on the ever-confusing world of voter reg. > 1 in 8 voter registrations are invalid. Double check your reg status here: www.vote.dosomething.org. > If you need anything else, catch me here: www.twitter.com/@m_beats
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Something that is searchable like a website or PDF file would be great
After the mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, the debate on gun control policy has once again resurfaced in the public purview.
In Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine has pushed for the passage of a so-called "Red Flag" law. These are "state laws that authorize courts to issue a special type of protection order, allowing the police to temporarily confiscate firearms from people who are deemed by a judge to be a danger to themselves or to others." An example of a state with a current Red Flag law is Oregon:
>Oregon’s Red Flag law requires a fairly simple process. The first step is for a concerned family member, household member, or law enforcement officer to ask the court for an Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO), which will remove a weapon, or a concealed handgun license, from an individual who is at risk for suicide or is a danger to others. An Order also prevents the person from buying additional guns for a one year period. The law is nicknamed “Red Flag Law” for when a person exhibits a ‘red flag’ or other indicator that they may be a harm to themselves, or others. It is one of the few tools that family and household members have to quickly remove a weapon from somebody who is at risk.
Other states include Florida and Maryland. However, there has been some issues raised regarding these laws.
How do these laws interact with the Constitutional right to bear arms and to avail of due process?
(This topic was orignially submitted by u/Young_Dweezy.)
Introduced: Sponsor: Rep. Cori Bush [D-MO1]
This bill was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary which will consider it before sending it to the House floor for consideration.
Rep. Cori Bush [D-MO1] is a member of the committee.
anything you say can, and will be used against you, so don’t say anything without a lawyer
in the united states you are entitled to a lawyer, and a translator, and in law enforcement custody, and in court you have the right to remain silent at all times, and it can’t be used against you
note: if it is a civil case you have the right to remain silent, but unlike a criminal case that can can be used against you
note II: you should say “i am exercising my right to remain silent” cuz there’s no other way you could interpret that, if law enforcement can interpret what you said in any other way, they will
note III: law enforcement can lie to you, assume everything their saying is false. if they tell you someone else said what you did they are probably lying to get you to plead guilty, don’t do anything until they provide you with a lawyer. i dont care what they say, say nothing until your provided an attorney
In my opinion, I think laws should be based entirely off the grounds of logic and morality/societal ethics.
A couple of examples:
1.) Cops in most states should never be allowed to have sex with the people they arrested.
2.) If you can die and fight for your country at age 18, you should damn well be able to drink alcohol, smoke tobacco, or smoke marijuana at that age too.
What I mean by a popularity vote is, just as simple as how it’s stated, for instance: Announcer, “The votes are in! It is 312,736,572 to 286,648,826 and the votes for [insert law here] has passed!”
Quick. Easy. Simple.
However, my opinion is based on the assumption that most people are logical and ethical/moral beings. So, if I’m wrong and if most people aren’t, then this plan wouldn’t work too well...
