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How a medieval English law affects the US gun control debate

BBC News 04 Nov 2021

A medieval English law dating back nearly seven centuries is now at the heart of the most important US Supreme Court gun case in a decade ... Some historians, however, have disagreed with that assessment, noting that by the late 1200s, English authorities had passed laws restricting the right to carry weapons while traveling in public or in London.

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Why are medieval weapons laws at the center of a US Supreme Court case?

Eagle-Tribune 04 Nov 2021

But medieval weapons laws – including a 1328 English statute prohibiting the public carry of edged weapons without royal permission – are at the center of dueling legal opinions in a case now before the U.S ... Signed by 17 professors of law, English history and American history – ...

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US Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Second Amendment case

Jurist 04 Nov 2021

Justice Sonia Sotomayor pushed back on these statements citing “the plethora of regimes” that legislatures have chosen with regard to the carrying of weapons, from “English law through the colonies .

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How Did it All Begin? The Rich Origins of the English Language

Ancient Origins 04 Nov 2021

In modern times, that language is English ... But do we ever stop to think about the origins of the English language? Where did it begin, how did it develop, and what makes it so universal to most of the people living on the planet today? ... Old English ... Many of the Norman words that ended up as English words are connected to law or the military.

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Air Canada’s CEO Apologizes For Not Speaking French

Simple Flying 04 Nov 2021

After being asked a basic question in French about his inability to speak the language, Rousseau requested that the question be asked in English again ... Given the country’s laws requiring equal status to English and French and AC’s history in Quebec, many may be unhappy that the current CEO cannot speak the language.

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Justice Department sues Texas over restrictive elections bill

The Independent 04 Nov 2021

The law will disenfranchise Texas voters “with limited English proficiency, voters with disabilities, elderly voters, members of the military deployed away from home, and American citizens ...

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Justice Department sues Texas over new voting restrictions

Daily Bulletin 04 Nov 2021

The Justice Department lawsuit said the law illegally restricts voters’ rights by requiring rejection of mail ballots “for immaterial errors and omissions.” The law also harms the rights of voters with limited English proficiency, military members deployed away from home and voters overseas, the Justice Department alleged.

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Developer hopes to help Silverthorne mobile home park residents transition

Summit Daily 04 Nov 2021

He said the residents were also not fully aware of the new law during the 90-day period and neither was his organization, which advocates for immigrants. Bakken said notices were sent but that most of them were in English. That was problematic, he said, because many of the residents in the parks don’t speak English.

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News-Press Now 04 Nov 2021

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Gambling addicts who banned themselves from betting website were offered freebies at online casino

The Daily Mail 04 Nov 2021

Sky Bet offered free spins to recovering gambling addicts who had banned themselves from the online bookmaker ... It came as the Government finalises proposed changes to the Gambling Act, in what promises to be the biggest shake-up of the laws governing the industry in 15 years ... English council urges parents not to allow children to watch... .

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Commentary: States have a history of restricting guns in public. The Supreme Court should keep ...

Finger Lakes Times 04 Nov 2021

That’s one reason why authorities have long restricted the public carrying of guns; indeed, the practice dates back centuries under English law. Such laws were commonplace in this country at the time of the Second Amendment’s adoption, and there’s no evidence that those who wrote and ratified the Second Amendment meant to upend the practice.

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Supreme Court hears Rensselaer County gun case, questions state's concealed-carry law

Finger Lakes Times 04 Nov 2021

At issue is New York law governing the possession of guns outside the home ... On Wednesday, New York state solicitor general Barbara Underwood told the court that dating to the 14th century, English and later American law has imposed limits on the carrying of guns in public in the interests of public safety.

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Doctors for Assange Say UK May be Liable for His Torture

GlobalResearch 04 Nov 2021

government officials of intensifying Julian Assange’s psychological torture in spite of the world’s leading authorities on human rights and international law calling for his immediate release from prison ... Assange must be released immediately, to treat the effects of his torture inflicted by an English court of law.”.

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HC stays holding of exams for appointment of headmasters

The Times of India 03 Nov 2021

The rules formed for their appointment and service conditions have been challenged over mandatory condition of eight-year regular service experience for qualification and alleged ambiguity in English and Hindi versions of the law ... as its English and Hindi versions seem different.

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Advocates want Dakota County to drop immigration enforcement agreement

News-Press Now 03 Nov 2021

Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws under the 287(g) program, which was pushed by the Trump administration to increase enforcement of immigration laws ... ACLU identifies issues among Nebraska law enforcement with non-English language accessibility.