Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law;more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture,storage,transportation,sale,possession,and consumption of alcoholic beverages. The word is also used to refer to a period of time during which such bans are enforced.
The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution,which had mandated nationwide prohibition on alcohol. The Twenty-first Amendment was proposed by the 72nd Congress on February 20,1933,and was ratified by the requisite number of states on December 5,1933. It is unique among the 27 amendments of the U.S. Constitution for being the only one to repeal a prior amendment,as well as being the only amendment to have been ratified by state ratifying conventions.
Dickinson County is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2020 census,the population was 25,947. The county seat is Iron Mountain. Dickinson is Michigan's newest county,formed in 1891 from parts of Marquette,Menominee,and Iron counties. It was named for Donald M. Dickinson,who served as U.S. Postmaster General under President Grover Cleveland.
Greilickville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Leelanau County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census,the population was 1,634,up from 1,530 at the 2010 census. The community is located within Elmwood Charter Township,and is located in the extreme southeast of the Leelanau Peninsula.
Traverse City is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Grand Traverse County,although a small portion extends into Leelanau County. The population was 15,678 at the 2020 census,with 153,448 residents in the four-county Traverse City metropolitan area. Traverse City is the most populous city in the Northern Michigan region.
Traverse City Central High School is a public high school in Traverse City,Michigan. It is one of two comprehensive high schools in the Traverse City Area Public Schools district. It is the second-largest high school in Northern Michigan,behind rival Traverse City West Senior High School.
The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI),or Proposal 2,was a ballot initiative in the U.S. state of Michigan that passed into Michigan Constitutional law by a 58% to 42% margin on November 7,2006,according to results officially certified by the Michigan Secretary of State. By Michigan law,the Proposal became law on December 22,2006. MCRI was a citizen initiative aimed at banning consideration of race,color,sex,or religion in admission to colleges,jobs,and other publicly funded institutions –effectively prohibiting some affirmative action by public institutions based on those factors. The Proposal's constitutionality was challenged in federal court,but its constitutionality was ultimately upheld by the Supreme Court of the United States.
In the United States,the right to keep and bear arms is modulated by a variety of state and federal statutes. These laws generally regulate the manufacture,trade,possession,transfer,record keeping,transport,and destruction of firearms,ammunition,and firearms accessories. They are enforced by state,local and the federal agencies which include the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
District of Columbia v. Heller,554 U.S. 570 (2008),is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States. It ruled that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms—unconnected with service in a militia—for traditionally lawful purposes such as self-defense within the home,and that the District of Columbia's handgun ban and requirement that lawfully owned rifles and shotguns be kept "unloaded and disassembled or bound by a trigger lock" violated this guarantee. It also stated that the right to bear arms is not unlimited and that certain restrictions on guns and gun ownership were permissible. It was the first Supreme Court case to decide whether the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms for self-defense or whether the right was only intended for state militias.
Ranked-choice voting (RCV) can refer to one of several ranked voting methods used in some cities and states in the United States. The term is not strictly defined,but most often refers to instant-runoff voting (IRV) or single transferable vote (STV).
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people in the U.S. state of Michigan enjoy the same rights as non-LGBT people. Michigan in June 2024 was ranked “the most welcoming US state for LGBT individuals”. Same-sex sexual activity is legal in Michigan under the U.S. Supreme Court case Lawrence v. Texas,although the state legislature has not repealed its sodomy law. Same-sex marriage was legalised in accordance with 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges decision. Discrimination on the basis of both sexual orientation and gender identity is unlawful since July 2022,was re-affirmed by the Michigan Supreme Court - under and by a 1976 statewide law,that explicitly bans discrimination "on the basis of sex". The Michigan Civil Rights Commission have also ensured that members of the LGBT community are not discriminated against and are protected in the eyes of the law since 2018 and also legally upheld by the Michigan Supreme Court in 2022. In March 2023,a bill passed the Michigan Legislature by a majority vote - to formally codify both "sexual orientation and gender identity" anti-discrimination protections embedded within Michigan legislation. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the bill on March 16,2023. In 2024,Michigan repealed “the last ban on commercial surrogacy within the US”- for individuals and couples and reformed the parentage laws,that acknowledges same sex couples and their families with children.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Michigan since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26,2015. The U.S. state of Michigan had previously banned the recognition of same-sex unions in any form after a popular vote added an amendment to the Constitution of Michigan in 2004. A statute enacted in 1996 also banned both the licensing of same-sex marriages and the recognition of same-sex marriages from other jurisdictions.
Loss of rights due to criminal conviction refers to the practice in some countries of reducing the rights of individuals who have been convicted of a criminal offence. The restrictions are in addition to other penalties such as incarceration or fines. In addition to restrictions imposed directly upon conviction,there can also be collateral civil consequences resulting from a criminal conviction,but which are not imposed directly by the courts as a result of the conviction.
Elections were held in Michigan on Tuesday,November 2,2010. Primary elections were held on August 3,2010.
Richard D. McLellan is a lawyer at McLellan Law Offices PLLC. He has served as Chairman of the Michigan Law Revision Commission since 1986. He argued on the side of the appellee in the United States Supreme Court case Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce,494 U.S. 652 (1990).
Cherryland Center,formerly known as Cherryland Mall,is a shopping center located in Garfield Township near Traverse City in the U.S. state of Michigan. Opened in 1976,the site served as the only enclosed shopping mall in Northwest Michigan until 1992,when the nearby Grand Traverse Mall opened. In 1999,the property was redeveloped as an outdoor shopping center. A number of anchor tenants closing in the 2010s led to the property being deemed a "dead mall",despite retaining a high occupancy rate.
In the United States,a person may have their voting rights suspended or withdrawn due to the conviction of a criminal offense. The actual class of crimes that results in disenfranchisement vary between jurisdictions,but most commonly classed as felonies,or may be based on a certain period of incarceration or other penalty. In some jurisdictions disfranchisement is permanent,while in others suffrage is restored after a person has served a sentence,or completed parole or probation. Felony disenfranchisement is one among the collateral consequences of criminal conviction and the loss of rights due to conviction for criminal offense. In 2016,6.1 million individuals were disenfranchised on account of a conviction,2.47% of voting-age citizens. As of October 2020,it was estimated that 5.1 million voting-age US citizens were disenfranchised for the 2020 presidential election on account of a felony conviction,1 in 44 citizens. As suffrage rights are generally bestowed by state law,state felony disenfranchisement laws also apply to elections to federal offices.
The 2016 Proposition 63,titled Firearms and Ammunition Sales,is a California ballot proposition that passed on the November 8,2016 ballot. It requires a background check and California Department of Justice authorization to purchase ammunition,prohibits possession of high-capacity ammunition magazines over ten rounds,levies fines for failing to report when guns are stolen or lost,establishes procedures for enforcing laws prohibiting firearm possession by specified persons,and requires California Department of Justice's participation in the federal National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
2010 Michigan Proposal 1 was an automatic ballot referral in the state of Michigan which was voted on in the 2010 Michigan elections. It was intended to call for a constitutional convention to review and edit the state constitution. It was voted on on November 2,2010 and failed. Supporters of the proposal included the Jackson Citizen Patriot,the Bay City Times,the Traverse City Record-Eagle,the Blade and the Oakland Press. Opponents of the proposal included The Holland Sentinel,The Detroit News and The Daily Telegram.
