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  2. McDonald v. City of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    McDonald v. City of Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010), was a landmark [1] decision of the Supreme Court of the United States that found that the right of an individual to "keep and bear arms", as protected under the Second Amendment, is incorporated by the Fourteenth Amendment and is thereby enforceable against the states.

  3. List of federal political scandals in the United States ...

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    Joseph Buffington (R) US Judge of the 3rd Circuit, appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (R). Investigation by the US House revealed that at the age of 92, Buffington was both deaf and blind and it was suspected that all of his decision were being written and sold by another judge. He resigned before impeachment. (1935) [77]

  4. Gun laws in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    On June 29, a three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard a consolidated case challenging the law. [68] On November 3, 2023, the appeals court ruled that the law does not violate the Second Amendment. [69] On December 14, 2023, [70] and on July 2, 2024, [71] the U.S. Supreme court again refused to block the law.

  5. Kalaburagi - Wikipedia

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    Kalaburagi, formerly known as Gulbarga, [3] is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka, It is headquarters of eponymous Kalaburagi district and Kalaburagi division, Kalaburagi city is governed by a Municipal Corporation, It is called a Sufi city.

  6. Broward County, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Broward County (/ ˈ b r aʊ. ər d / BROURD) is a county in Florida, United States, located in the Miami metropolitan area.It is Florida's second-most populous county after Miami-Dade County and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with 1,944,375 residents as of the 2020 census. [7]

  7. Bhopal disaster - Wikipedia

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    In 1976, two local trade unions complained of pollution within the plant. [16] [17] In 1981, a worker was accidentally splashed with phosgene as he was carrying out a maintenance job of the plant's pipes. In a panic, he removed his gas mask and inhaled a large amount of toxic phosgene gas, leading to his death 72 hours later.

  8. Palmerston, Northern Territory - Wikipedia

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    Palmerston from Fort Hill, 1905. Palmerston was the name chosen in 1864 [4] for the capital of the Northern Territory by the South Australian Government, which was then responsible for its administration, in recognition of Lord Palmerston, who became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1855. [5]

  9. Defensive wall - Wikipedia

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    A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors. The walls can range from simple palisades or earthworks to extensive military fortifications such as curtain walls with towers, bastions and gates for access to the city. [1]