legislation
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Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has asked the home secretary for legislation to make phone companies publish data on stolen devices, and to enforce measures rendering handsets effectively unusable.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
As with most bills this year, the enemy of any near-term AI legislation is the calendar.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
Friend of Slate Aliza Shatzman, president and founder of the Legal Accountability Project, writes how this case shows weaknesses that Congress should have fixed long ago with legislation and oversight.
From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026
Also Tuesday, the House passed legislation that would force employers to quickly begin bargaining with newly unionized workers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
That legislation carved a huge exception to the Posse Comitatus Act, the Civil War-era law prohibiting the use of the military for civilian policing.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Vocabulary lists containing legislation
Election Lingo
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13th Amendment (1865)
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19th Amendment (1920)
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