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Repeal

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A quick definition of Repeal:

Repeal means to cancel or get rid of a law. This can happen in two ways: either by passing a new law that specifically says the old law is no longer valid, or by passing a new law that contradicts the old law so much that it's clear the old law is no longer in effect. For example, if there was a law that said you couldn't eat ice cream on Tuesdays, but then a new law was passed that said you could eat ice cream any day of the week, the old law would be repealed.

A more thorough explanation:

Repeal means to cancel or get rid of an existing law. This can be done by passing a new law or changing the constitution. When a law is repealed, it is no longer in effect and cannot be enforced.

  • The Twenty-First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment, which had banned the production and sale of alcohol. This ended the era of Prohibition in the United States.
  • The National Highway Designation Act of 1995 explicitly repealed the National Maximum Speed Law of 1974, which had set a speed limit of 55 miles per hour on U.S. highways.
  • In State v. Davidson, the Idaho Supreme Court found that a later law on negligent homicide had repealed an earlier law on involuntary manslaughter by implication. This means that the two laws were so similar that the later law effectively cancelled out the earlier one.

These examples show how repeal can happen in different ways. Sometimes it is done explicitly, with a new law specifically stating that an old law is no longer in effect. Other times, it happens implicitly, when a new law conflicts with an old one and effectively cancels it out.

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Trismegistus
12:54
dude these lsats on lsd are fucking fried what the hell man
lilypadfrog
12:55
@atwatodbit: 哈哈哈我只是个傻女孩
cumsock
12:55
me in this cycle
12:56
UPenn pull thru 🙏
12:56
I think they’re done tho
atwatodbit
12:56
people are still posting, i think they are still going
atwatodbit
12:56
reddit post in last minute saying just got the call
Trismegistus
12:56
damn went from HLS II last cycle to this
atwatodbit
12:56
@sadpadresfan: FWIW your stats are far better than mine
GreyCeaselessMammoth
12:56
need penn to drop ed 2 so all the people bound by that withdraw from schools that i want to go to
lilypadfrog
12:57
我没有决定
atwatodbit
12:57
加油,等一會人一定會開始收好新聞
12:57
@atwatodbit: haha I feel like this cycle its not rlly all ab stats tho
atwatodbit
12:59
@sadpadresfan: for sure, but you're certainly as strong as me though. Hold on whether its later today or weeks from now. Plus you got da berk A, I am jealous
lilypadfrog
12:59
每个人都说“你的考试成绩这么好,你会得到很好的决定”,但我没有!
texaslawhopefully
12:59
oof I think I'm going to miss the penn wave
texaslawhopefully
12:59
are they still calling
Trismegistus
12:59
hey tex me too lmfao
choosingpeace
12:59
@texaslawhopefully: me too yayyy
lilypadfrog
12:59
we did it reddit
13:00
@atwatodbit: haha ty wishing you the best as well
cumsock
13:00
careful! i graduated from reddit university
13:00
@texaslawhopefully: another day another missed wave??
lilypadfrog
13:01
what if I started using redditisms
lilypadfrog
13:01
thank you kind stranger for the gold
Trismegistus
13:01
do all my hopes and dreams and sanity rest on chicago now
texaslawhopefully
13:01
@sadpadresfan: prolly. My only hope is my last name is towards the end of the alphabet
lilypadfrog
13:01
i hope u guys would put me down like a dog that bit a baby
Trismegistus
13:02
@texaslawhopefully: i saw 3/4 down alphabet then 30- mins later 1/2 down alphabet
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