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control of an area by military forces rather than by the police
The government has declared martial law throughout the city to stop the riots. an area placed under martial law
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Recent Examples of martial law
Squid Game's return comes just days after South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol triggered a national crisis by briefly declaring martial law.
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Afp, Fortune Asia, 9 Dec. 2024
Fact check: Military convoy photo predates South Korean martial law declaration
The same photo was included in media reports published in 2016 describing ongoing protests against Park.
—Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
The high price for Yoon’s selfish martial law debacle will be paid over time, in installments, by South Korea’s 51 million people.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
In emails sent to NBC News, Yoon’s office has maintained that his call for martial law was constitutional.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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Afp, Fortune Asia, 9 Dec. 2024
Fact check: Military convoy photo predates South Korean martial law declaration
The same photo was included in media reports published in 2016 describing ongoing protests against Park.
—Andre Byik, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
The high price for Yoon’s selfish martial law debacle will be paid over time, in installments, by South Korea’s 51 million people.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
In emails sent to NBC News, Yoon’s office has maintained that his call for martial law was constitutional.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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The State Department’s decision to update the J-1 Exchange Visitors Skills List may prevent many researchers from being pushed out of the United States due to immigration law.Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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To get money from the 2021 law, states and agencies must submit plans to an office run jointly by the Energy and Transportation departments.Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Dec. 2024
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Civil rights attorneys say the fallback to common law is designed to keep law enforcement officers immune from civil claims despite the 2020 reforms.Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 12 Nov. 2024
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More generally, police officers share the right to self-defence or the protection of others upheld by common law and Article 2 of the European Convention of Human Rights.The Week Staff, theweek, 23 Oct. 2024
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Edgar and other Los Alamitos officials approved an ordinance that tried to exempt the city from the state law — galvanizing support from other conservative officials in the state and drawing the attention of Trump, who invited Edgar to the White House.Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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Drivers will pay fines up to $40 for speeding – $80 in school zones – and $75 for running a red light if caught by the system, according to the ordinance.Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2024
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Still, all but a handful of Senate Democrats — as well as nearly all Republicans — voted for the bill’s final passage, sending the legislation to President Biden.Stephen Groves, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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Accra, Ghana Reuters — Ghana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed two separate cases challenging the legality of one of Africa’s most restrictive pieces of anti-LGBT legislation, paving the way for the president to sign it into law.Reuters, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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Under South Korea’s constitution, at least six justices must approve an impeachment for it to be upheld.Gawon Bae, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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India's constitution was penned by a Dalit intellectual, known as Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar CQ.Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 15 Dec. 2024
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“Martial law.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/martial%20law. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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