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# Laws


## Laws


* ![Press Secretary Sarah Sanders Holds Daily White House Briefing](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e0cb14a17b29df5/698933c57cdbac7f09d5d3b9/sarah-huckabee-sanders.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 25, 2018  
## [Why Businesses Can Deny You Service for Some Reasons — And Not Others](https://time.com/5321104/red-hen-businesses-deny-service/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Jennifer Calfas
* ![Arkansas Executions Inmates](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e5f5de20808f5aa/6988c35f8fd2ee79bd356a54/arkansas-executions.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 18, 2017  
## [Arkansas Executions: What's Next for the Inmates Who Were Scheduled to Die](https://time.com/4744764/arkansas-executions-supreme-court/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josh Sanburn
* ![TIME.com stock photos Birth Control Pills](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt20b89acac69ee4c3/6987788606f2c181f13333e7/birth-control-pills-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 8, 2017  
## [How These States Are Fighting to Protect Reproductive Rights](https://time.com/4663777/states-protect-reproductive-rights/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Alexandra Sifferlin
* ![FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2016, file photo, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, second left, speaks at a post-election event of elected officials and community leaders at City Hall in Seattle. Leaders in Seattle, San Francisco and other so-called "sanctuary cities" sa](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e069f02309bc5f3/6988af56fb4eac54cf88ffc0/ed-murray.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 21, 2016  
## [Mayors Across the U.S. Are Defying Trump on Immigration](https://time.com/4578847/sanctuary-city-mayors-donald-trump-immigration/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josh Sanburn
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Nov 15, 2016  
## [D.C. Council Approves ‘Death With Dignity' Bill for Terminally Ill Patients](https://time.com/4572377/dc-council-approves-death-with-dignity/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josh Sanburn  
* ![This Sept. 15, 2016 photo shows a memorial for Carlos Garica which has sat outside Yaileen Ayala's home for the last year. It marks where her ex-husband died after he was shot following an argument with a neighbor. \(Zack Wittman/The Tampa Bay Times via A](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt95522adf1b06486a/6988ae780b72e3874a6ebc0e/stand-your-ground-florida.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 14, 2016  
## [Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' Law Linked to Homicide Increase](https://time.com/4569145/florida-stand-your-ground-law-homicide-increase-study/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josh Sanburn
* ![Pete Ricketts](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf512c86c29aca7b/6988adb3a988ca72956ba16a/ap_16297565865902.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 9, 2016  
## [Nebraska Restores the Death Penalty](https://time.com/4563703/nebraska-restores-death-penalty-election/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josh Sanburn
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Nov 9, 2016  
## [Colorado Approves a ‘Right to Die’ for Terminally Ill Patients](https://time.com/4563632/colorado-right-to-die-approved/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josh Sanburn
* ![SPAIN-POKEMON-GAME-TECHNOLOGY](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc2b7f384e2c79159/69889c11cf40a85502c44023/gettyimages-547251154.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jul 15, 2016  
## [This Canadian Province Could Ban Pedestrians From Texting While Walking](https://time.com/4407350/toronto-distracted-walking/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Katy Steinmetz
* ![Gov. John Bel Edwards in Baton Rouge, La, on March 24, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7d87d39133d2ef48/69888efae20a8725cca9064c/john-bel-edwards-lgbt-anti-discrimination.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 27, 2016  
## [Louisiana Gov. Signs 'Blue Lives Matter' Law](https://time.com/4350917/louisiana-blue-lives-matter-law-hate-crime/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Daniel White  
* ![Jawaharlal Nehru University](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8b4d40ecd6cb6b39/698894952dce01e9d79e931d/gettyimages-513468356.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 24, 2016  
## [India Should Repeal Laws That Bar Freedom of Speech: Report](https://time.com/4346057/india-freedom-speech-report-human-rights-watch/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![Everybody welcome. Evolution doesn't discriminate.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5306cd41699dbdd4/698894090a4a2203629c9bbe/bathroom-sign.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 19, 2016  
## [What Science Says About the Bathroom Debate](https://time.com/4341695/bathroom-science-transgender-north-carolina/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Jeffrey Kluger
* ![Sanford police officer Timothy Smith holds up the gun that was used to kill Trayvon Martin, while testifying on the 15th day of George Zimmerman's trial in Seminole Circuit Court in Sanford, Fla., June 28, 2013.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5c979d30a33bf82/698892ddcf40a81461c43362/gettyimages-171790212.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 12, 2016  
## [Why It's Legal for George Zimmerman to Auction the Gun He Used to Kill Trayvon Martin](https://time.com/4328624/george-zimmerman-selling-gun-trayvon-martin/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josh Sanburn
* ![William Porter](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1e46a3dcdea231e5/698875c70a4a221c909c78d3/william-porter4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 16, 2015  
## [Freddie Gray Mistrial Could Spell Trouble for Future Cases](https://time.com/4152804/freddie-gray-mistrial-william-porter-caesar-goodson/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josh Sanburn
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt432e9668e90eb485/69886fc93c16395d3f45a920/saggy-pants.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 5, 2015  
## [Missouri Town Sued for Excess of Nontraffic Citations](https://time.com/4102070/missouri-town-sued-excessive-fines-pagedale/)  
[U.S.](/section/us/)  
by Josh Sanburn

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