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  2. Andersen v. Eighth Judicial District Court - Wikipedia

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    The case eventually made it to the Nevada Supreme Court. Andersen's attorney Michael Pariente argued that a defendant charged with battery constituting domestic violence has a Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial because a defendant loses his or her Second Amendment right upon conviction of the offense by letting a judge, and not a jury, decide guilt or innocence. [4]

  3. Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs - Wikipedia

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    Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs , 538 U.S. 721 (2003), was a United States Supreme Court case which held that the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 was "narrowly targeted" at "sex-based overgeneralization" and was thus a "valid exercise of [congressional] power under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment."

  4. Sick leave in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Montgomery County's sick and safe leave law, enacted on October 1, 2016, grants up to 56 hours of paid sick leave to anyone who works more than 8 hours a week and for a company with more than 5 employees. [24] All employers are required by Maryland law to inform their workers in writing the amount of available earned sick and safe leave. [25]

  5. Paid leave bill for domestic abuse victims 'huge' - AOL

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    Gloucester MP Alex McIntyre introduced the Domestic Abuse (Safe Leave) Bill in the House of Commons on Tuesday, calling for the right to 10 days paid leave for victims to help them find a place of ...

  6. Domestic violence in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban, also known as the Lautenberg Amendment after its supporter Senator Frank Lautenberg, [115] is a United States federal law enacted in 1996 to ban firearms and ammunitions to individuals convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence, or who are under a restraining (protection) order for domestic abuse in all ...

  7. Massive budget cuts leave California domestic violence ...

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    Programs that serve victims of domestic violence are bracing for unprecedented cuts that will also affect rape crisis hotlines, child abuse centers and legal service providers across California.

  8. Family Violence Prevention and Services Act - Wikipedia

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    The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) is a United States law, first authorized as part of the Child Abuse Amendments of 1984 (PL 98–457), that provides federal funding to help victims of domestic violence and their dependent children by providing shelter and related help, offering violence prevention programs, and improving how service agencies work together in communities.

  9. Oregon man found guilty of kidnapping, locking woman in cell ...

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    A federal jury Friday found an Oregon man guilty after he was accused of keeping a woman in a cell he built in his garage and kidnapping and sexually assaulting another woman weeks before.