The law of the United States comprises many levels of codified and uncodified forms of law, of which the most important is the nation's Constitution, which...
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The legality of abortion in the United States and the various restrictions imposed on the procedure vary significantly, depending on the laws of each state...
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The copyright law of the United States grants monopoly protection for "original works of authorship". With the stated purpose to promote art and culture...
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United States nationality law details the conditions in which a person holds United States nationality. In the United States, nationality is typically...
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In the United States, the right to keep and bear arms is modulated by a variety of state and federal statutes. These laws generally regulate the manufacture...
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Voter ID laws in the United States are laws that require a person to provide some form of official identification before they are permitted to register...
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In the United States, antitrust law is a collection of mostly federal laws that regulate the conduct and organization of businesses in order to promote...
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The constitutional law of the United States is the body of law governing the interpretation and implementation of the United States Constitution. The...
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(See Incidence.) Several states of the United States prohibit cousin marriage. As of February 2014[update], 24 U.S. states prohibit marriages between...
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The United States has inherited sodomy laws which constitutionally outlawed a variety of sexual acts that are deemed to be illegal, illicit, unlawful,...
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In the United States, many U.S. states historically had anti-miscegenation laws which prohibited interracial marriage and, in some states, interracial...
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law in the United States refers to times in United States history in which in a region, state, city, or the whole United States was placed under the control...
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As of 2024[update], more than 1,280,000 sworn law enforcement officers are serving in the United States. About 137,000 of those officers work for federal...
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The federal government of the United States empowers a wide range of federal law enforcement agencies (informally known as the "Feds") to maintain law...
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Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition. State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and...
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Laws regarding incest in the United States vary widely between jurisdictions regarding both the definition of the offense and penalties for its commission...
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United States obscenity law deals with the regulation or suppression of what is considered obscenity and therefore not protected speech or expression...
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Under United States law, a patent is a right granted to the inventor of a (1) process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, (2)...
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In the United States, there are both federal and state laws prohibiting treason. Treason is defined on the federal level in Article III, Section 3 of the...
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In the United States, abortion is a divisive issue in politics and culture wars, though a majority of Americans support access to abortion. Abortion laws...
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The criminal law of the United States is a manifold system of laws and practices that connects crimes and consequences. In comparison, civil law addresses...
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In the United States, the law for murder varies by jurisdiction. In many US jurisdictions there is a hierarchy of acts, known collectively as homicide...
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The United States Code (formally the Code of Laws of the United States of America) is the official codification of the general and permanent federal statutes...
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In the United States, state law refers to the law of each separate U.S. state. The fifty states are separate sovereigns, with their own state constitutions...
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form administrative laws that define the extent of powers and responsibilities held by administrative agencies of the United States government, including...
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A law school in the United States is an educational institution where students obtain a professional education in law after first obtaining an undergraduate...
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Many LGBTQ rights in the United States have been established by the United States Supreme Court, which invalidated state laws banning protected class...
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United States. Most immigration and nationality laws are codified in Title 8 of the United States Code. History of immigration to the United States History...
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Privacy laws of the United States deal with several different legal concepts. One is the invasion of privacy, a tort based in common law allowing an aggrieved...
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is a crime in the United States. Definitions can vary among jurisdictions, but manslaughter is invariably the act of causing the death of another person...
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