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  • 51Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act — Part of a series on Discrimination General forms …

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  • 52Freedom of speech — is the freedom to speak freely without censorship or limitation. The synonymous term freedom of expression is sometimes used to denote not only freedom of verbal speech but any act of seeking, receiving and imparting information or ideas,… …

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  • 53Sedition Act (Malaysia) — The Sedition Act in Malaysia is a law prohibiting discourse deemed as seditious. The act was originally enacted by the colonial authorities of British Malaya in 1948. The act criminalises speech with seditious tendency , including that which… …

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  • 54Kansas-Nebraska Act — The Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opened new lands, repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820, and allowed settlers in those territories to determine if they would allow slavery within their boundaries …

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  • 55Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition — Infobox SCOTUS case Litigants=Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition ArgueDate=October 30 ArgueYear=2001 DecideDate=April 16 DecideYear=2002 FullName=John David Ashcroft, Attorney General, et al., Petitioners v. The Free Speech Coalition, et al. USVol …

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  • 56History of the USA PATRIOT Act — The history of the USA PATRIOT Act involved many parties who opposed and supported the legislation, which was proposed, enacted and signed into law a month and a half after the September 11 terrorist attacks of New York City in 2001. The USA… …

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  • 57Kansas–Nebraska Act — This 1856 map shows slave states (gray), free states (pink), U.S. territories (green), and Kansas in center (white). The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 (10 Stat. 277) created the territories of …

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  • 58Barack Obama Tucson memorial speech — President Obama speaks in honor of the victims of the 2011 Tucson shooting. President of the United States Barack Obama delivered a speech at the Together We Thrive: Tucson and America memorial on January 12, 2011, held in the McKale Center on… …

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  • 59Rivers of Blood speech — Enoch Powell (1912–1998) The Rivers of Blood speech was a speech criticising Commonwealth immigration, as well as proposed anti discrimination legislation in the United Kingdom made on 20 April 1968 by Enoch Powell (1912–1998), the Conservative… …

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  • 60Identity Cards Act 2006 — The Identity Cards Act 2006[1] Parliament of the United Kingdom Long title An Act to make provision for a national scheme of registration of individuals …

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