By the year 1890, 43 out of the 44 states had passed "blue laws". The extreme example of these types of laws when congress passed the Compstock Act, which prohibited the mailing of obscene literature, this law was used to prevent the distribution of birth control information and contraceptives through the mail. ... Between 1935 and 1937, Congress passed several neutrality laws. The laws stopped selling weapons to nations a war, they stopped American merchant from entering war zones and stopped Americans from traveling on aggressive nation ships. ... This also led to shopping centers l...

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They had been trained in sabotage at a school near Berlin and were carrying explosives when apprehended. ... Andrew Johnson and Richard Nixon both stretched the law without legal reason. ... Bush's turn to see exactly how far he can bend the laws in times of war. ... The Bush measures bend the law, but "unfortunately we are at war. ... The only reason I am impartial and not completely against this new law is the statement made by Mullah Omar. ...

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The District courts are where most cases involving federal law begin. ... Many types of cases are heard in the district courts, including civil law (crimes against an individual) and criminal law (crimes against the public or state). ... A very small percentage of these cases, where parties believe mistakes in the law were made, move onto the U.S. ... Usually all these cases involve a question of constitutionality and federal law. ... With the primary function of lawmaking, introducing and voting on bills to become laws is its main form of influence. ...

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The necessary and proper clause of Article I Section 8 states that Congress has the power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution for the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof. ... When Proposition 215 appears in the news in the near future, think of how many people's lives it has benefited. ...

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