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Anti-miscegenation law overturned by state judiciary in Supreme Court of California case Perez v. Sharp. Most Hispanics were included in White category. Colorado: 1864: 1957: Blacks: Idaho: 1864: 1959: Blacks, Asians: Indiana: 1818: 1965: Blacks: Indiana was the first state to make interracial marriage a felony.
The history of codification dates back to ancient Babylon.The earliest surviving civil code is the Code of Ur-Nammu, written around 2100–2050 BC.The Corpus Juris Civilis, a codification of Roman law produced between 529 and 534 AD by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, forms the basis of civil law legal systems that would rule over Continental Europe.
Ronald Wilson Reagan (/ ˈ r eɪ ɡ ən / ⓘ RAY-gən; February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
The 1950 United States Senate elections occurred in the middle of Harry S. Truman 's second term as president. The 32 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections, and four special elections were held to fill vacancies. As with most 20th-century second-term midterms, the party not holding the presidency made significant gains.
The body of George Meadows, lynched near the Pratt Mines in Jefferson County, Alabama, on January 15, 1889 Bodies of three African American men lynched in Habersham County, Georgia, on May 17, 1892 Six African American men lynched in Lee County, Georgia, on January 20, 1916 (retouched photo due to material deterioration) Lynching of Jesse Washington in Waco, Texas, on May 15, 1916.
Waiver. A waiver is the voluntary relinquishment or surrender of some known right or privilege . Regulatory agencies of state departments or the federal government may issue waivers to exempt companies from certain regulations. For example, a United States law restricted the size of banks, but when banks exceeded these sizes, they obtained waivers.
Signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on September 5, 1950. The Federal Records Act of 1950 is a United States federal law that was enacted in 1950. It provides the legal framework for federal records management, including record creation, maintenance, and disposition. [1]
Union of India (1978) A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras, AIR 1950 SC 27, was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of India in which the Court ruled that Article 21 of the Constitution did not require Indian courts to apply a due process of law standard. [1] In doing so, the Court upheld the validity of the Preventive Detention Act, 1950, with ...