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In May 2018, the Pakistani parliament passed a bill giving transgender individuals the right to choose their legal sex and correct their official documents, such as ID cards, driver licenses, and passports. [174] Today, transgender people in Pakistan have the right to vote and to search for a job free from discrimination.
On May 2, 2000, South Carolina governor Jim Hodges signed a bill to make King's birthday an official state holiday. South Carolina was the last state to recognize the day as a paid holiday for all state employees. Before the bill, employees could choose between celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day or one of three Confederate holidays. [24]
The law was amended, and on September 24, 2009, Paul G. Kirk, former Democratic National Committee chairman and former aide to Kennedy, was appointed to occupy the Senate seat until the completion of the special election. [324] Kirk announced that he would not be a candidate in the special election. [324]
[23] [24] Between 1890 and 1910, ten of the eleven former Confederate states, beginning with Mississippi, passed new constitutions or amendments that effectively disenfranchised most black people and tens of thousands of poor white people through a combination of poll taxes, literacy and comprehension tests, and residency and record-keeping ...
At 2:44 p.m., law enforcement near the House Chamber was trying to "defend two fronts", [clarification needed] and "a lot of members [of Congress] and staff that were in danger at the time". [ 304 ] [ 305 ] While some lawmakers remained trapped in the House gallery, [ 306 ] House members and staff from the floor were being evacuated by Capitol ...
Asbury Park (/ æ z b ɛr i /) is a beachfront city located on the Jersey Shore in Monmouth County in the U.S. state of New Jersey.It is part of the New York metropolitan area. [23] [24] As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 15,188, [13] [14] a decrease of 928 (−5.8%) from the 2010 census count of 16,116, [25] [26] which in turn reflected a decline of 814 (−4.8% ...
92.2% of NRA members oppose gun confiscation via mandatory buy-back laws. 88.5% oppose banning semi-automatic firearms, firearms that chamber a new round automatically when discharged. 92.6% oppose a law requiring gun owners to register with the federal government. 92.0% oppose a federal law banning the sale of firearms between private citizens.