Word: repeals
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...invalidated, my existence and might have prevented me from marrying my (white) boyfriend from Massachusetts in Massachusetts. Remember that it took until 1967 for the U.S. Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the anti-miscegenation laws that remained on the books in 16 states-and that Alabama still didn't repeal its law until five years...
After the repeal of Prohibition in 1933, the Federal Government changed the rules to permit every household with two adults in residence to make 200 gallons of wine or beer a year. While that sanctioned the work of immigrant winemakers--often Italians and Greeks trying to maintain a liquid connection to the land and traditions they left behind--the amateur vintners usually relied on rustic equipment and grapes they grew in their backyards. Today's garagistes (French for the home enthusiasts who make vintages where they used to park their cars) have gone upscale, using modern equipment, better grapes...
...don’t tell” policy.At a rally in front of HLS’ Harkness Commons, students joined Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz and two military veterans to call for more backing from University President Lawrence H. Summers in efforts to repeal the policy, which prevents gay men and lesbians from serving openly in the armed forces.In a speech to the crowd, Dershowitz reprimanded the University for not doing more to combat the policy. Military recruiters had been banned from the HLS Office of Career Services until last month, when the school announced it would once...
Therefore, what is required to be rid of “Don’t ask, don’t tell” is to repeal this law, and to replace it with a law which allows gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military. Such a law, “The Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2005,” has been proposed by Rep. Martin Meehan (D-Mass.) and is supported by 94 co-sponsors in Congress...
...accounts and private- and parochial-school vouchers--as well as in the President's earlier controversial decision to suspend rules requiring federal contractors to pay "prevailing wages" in the region. Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions has even tried to use the tragedy to fuel support for his faltering legislation to repeal the estate tax, which brought in $24.8 billion to the Treasury last year. After his prodding, activists were busy trying to identify a victim whose estate would get hit by the current...