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- US agency offers legal immunity to Ebola vaccine makers http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/09/us-health-ebola-vaccine-idUSKBN0JN1S920141209 5 comments
- Trump Has Twisted Plan to Make Bribery Legal—and Make Himself Rich https://newrepublic.com/post/191363/trump-executive-order-bribery-foreign-officials-legal 31 comments politics
- Parliament of Ukraine Passes Bill to Legalize Crypto https://cryptoadventure.com/ukraine-parliament-passes-bill-to-legalize-crypto/ 3 comments ethereum
- Tech groups criticize Florida's social media law as unconstitutional, setting the stage for legal action https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/25/technology-202-tech-groups-criticize-florida-social-media-law-unconstitutional-setting-stage-legal-action/ 9 comments technology
- New Jersey officially legalizes recreational marijuana https://www.axios.com/marijuana-legalize-new-jersey-gov-phil-murphy-8e143983-1377-4fed-8d5e-9c78f81814f5.html 2081 comments politics
- Wisconsin Governor supports Cannabis Legalization - Go weed stonks! https://www.nbc15.com/2021/02/07/gov-evers-proposes-legalizing-recreational-marijuana-in-wisconsin/ 50 comments wallstreetbets
- Cannabis use among teens down by half after legalization in Canada https://growcola.com/cannabis-use-among-teens-down-by-half-after-legalization-in-canada/ 937 comments worldnews
- HHS Website Changes Strategic National Stockpile Definition, Now Fits Kushner’s Legally Dubious Description https://lawandcrime.com/covid-19-pandemic/hhs-website-changes-definition-of-national-stockpile-just-so-happens-to-reflect-kushners-legally-inaccurate-description/ 5 comments politics
- Legal chaos in Poland amid warning that country is no longer 'governed by rule of law' https://www.thejournal.ie/poland-law-judges-protest-4977943-jan2020/ 23 comments worldnews
- Trump Admin ‘Refusal to Answer’ if It Can Assassinate Iran’s Leader Without AUMF Is Appalling: Legal Experts https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-admin-refusal-to-answer-if-it-can-assassinate-irans-leader-without-aumf-is-appalling-legal-experts/ 8 comments politics
- 50% Of Americans Say Recreational Marijuana Should Be Legalized https://today.yougov.com/topics/lifestyle/articles-reports/2019/04/15/marijuana-cbd-cannabis-legalize-poll-survey 299 comments politics
- Trump loses wind power legal costs battle https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-47400641 15 comments politics
- Canada Nearly Runs Out of Weed After Legalization http://fortune.com/2018/10/21/canada-runs-out-legal-weed/ 3 comments nottheonion
- Telling the truth may be the best legal option for President Trump http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/403873-telling-the-truth-may-be-the-best-legal-option-for-president-trump 19 comments politics
- Russia Says Canada Weed Legalization Is a 'Breach' of International Legal Obligations http://www.newsweek.com/russia-condemns-canada-decision-legalize-weed-994690?amp=1&__twitter_impression=true 29 comments nottheonion
- Michael Cohen had only eight communications with a legal client protected by attorney-client privilege, judge rules http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-michael-cohen-judge-wood-privilege-legal-clients-20180622-story.html 369 comments politics
- ‘Train Wreck’: Lawyers For Past Presidents Gawk At Trump Legal Chaos https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-legal-chaos-white-house-attorneys 5 comments politics
- Sessions in the limelight, Trump's legal troubles, and a Russian oligarch in New Jersey — what you may have missed in the Mueller probe this week http://www.businessinsider.com/mueller-investigation-latest-trump-legal-team-rick-gates-jeff-sessions-2018-3 3 comments politics
- Trump legal team readies attack on Flynn's credibility https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/trump-legal-team-readies-attack-on-flynns-credibility/2017/12/27/bc601324-ea78-11e7-b698-91d4e35920a3_story.htm 10 comments politics
- Trump slashed Utah national monuments by 2 million acres. Now comes the legal battle... The president is testing his power to destroy our national monuments. https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/12/4/16733798/utah-national-monument-trump-bears-ears-staircase-escalante 8 comments politics
- Tom Cotton, top Senate immigration hawk, supports legalization in DACA deal http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-tom-cotton-top-senate-immigration-hawk-supports-legalization-in-daca-deal/article/2633325 32 comments politics
- Charlie Gard's parents end legal fight to take him to U.S. for treatment https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/07/24/charlie-gard-legal-battle-enters-final-phase/503848001/ 3 comments worldnews
- Benched legal analyst returns to Fox, stands by story http://abcnews.go.com/entertainment/wirestory/benched-legal-analyst-returns-fox-stands-story-46449902 9 comments politics
- Andorran breaks European alcohol in blood record with 4.85g/l, which is 10 times the legal maximum and enough to enter alcoholic coma. (He was caught after crashing, of course) http://www.ccma.cat/324/un-conductor-sestavella-amb-una-taxa-dalcohol-record-multiplica-per-10-la-permesa/noticia/2780518/ 23 comments europe
- Legal Scholars To GOP Climate Deniers: You Can't Subpoena Activist Groups http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/legal-scholars-science-committee-subpoenas 4 comments politics
- The Problem With Calling Out Judges for Their Race - Donald Trump has no legal justification for questioning Gonzalo Curiel. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/the-problem-with-calling-out-judges-for-their-race/485732/?utm_source=feed 101 comments politics
- Governor who called legalization 'reckless' now says Colorado's pot industry is working http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-hickenlooper-marijuana-20160516-20160516-snap-story.html 29 comments politics
- British airlines to be sued because 'planes contain toxic air'. A union is funding cases for cabin crew who are planning to lodge legal action against unidentified British airlines. The 17 workers, made up of former and current employees, claim they have been poisoned by toxic cabin air http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/british-airlines-to-be-sued-because-planes-contain-toxic-air-10304369.html 3 comments worldnews
- Since 1999, suicide rates in middle-aged adults have risen 40%. A new analysis of suicide mortality data suggests over this time there was also an increase specifically in suicides due to job, financial, and legal problems and a drastic increase in the use of suffocation as a method. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s074937971400662x 35 comments science
- White House Has No International Legal Justification for Hitting ISIS in Syria http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/15/white-house-has-no-international-legal-justification-for-hitting-isis-in-syria.html 31 comments worldnews
- Orin Kerr gives a good rundown of the actual legal issues in the "enema case" that has been making news http://www.volokh.com/2013/11/07/thoughts-eckert-v-city-deming/ 36 comments law
- What Has Happened Since New York Legalized Gay Marriage http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/what-has-happened-since-new-york-state-legalized-g 3 comments politics
- TIL That it is Legal to go Topless in Ontario http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_social_nudity_places_in_north_america#ontario 5 comments reddit.com
- Gays set to legally marry in the UK http://news.pinkpaper.com/newsstory/4825/13/02/2011/gays-set-to-legally-marry-in-the-uk.aspx?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d5925884ddee917%2C0 21 comments worldnews
- Drug War Alive And Well In California On Eve Of Pot Legalization Vote - A San Marino man has been arrested for cultivating more than 700 marijuana plants in a sophisticated grow house near the El Monte Airport, police said Tuesday. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/04/neighbors-suspicions-lead-to-discovery-of-700plant-pot-house-suspect-arrested.html 6 comments politics
- Canada's $75 iPod levy returns (and might legalize P2P) http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/canadas-75-ipod-levy-returns.ars 18 comments technology
- You can't make this up. Right after Poland legalizes chemical castration of rapists, France floats the idea of it. Even as both countries demand the release of Roman Polanski. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/02/france-considers-legalising-chemical-castration 13 comments reddit.com
- Under the Kucinich Amendment a state's application for a waiver from ERISA is granted automatically if the state has signed into law a single payer plan. With the amendment, for the first time, the state single payer health care option is shielded from an ERISA-based legal attack. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/18/754976/-exciting-healthcare-update 12 comments politics
- U.S. Attorney General collapses while defending Bush's legal policies http://www.cnn.com/2008/politics/11/20/michael.mukasey.collapse/index.html?eref=rss_politics#cnnstcvideo 4 comments politics
- Sequoia Voting Systems sent legal threat to Princeton University CS Profs Ed Felten and Andrew Appel should they proceed with an analysis of New Jersey's touch-screen voting machines. http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5814 5 comments politics