Headline Roundup • January 1st, 2024
What New Laws Will 2024 Bring?
Summary from the AllSides News Team
2024 is here, and so are many new laws and Supreme Court decisions.
State Laws: States across the country are enacting new laws on abortion, immigration, crime, education, minimum wage, and more.
Federal Laws: One of the most impactful new federal laws mandates more transparency on information that businesses must report to the federal government.
Supreme Court: The Supreme Court is expected to issue several major decisions on gun control and gun rights, as well as Donald Trump's eligibility for the 2024 presidential primary ballot.
How the Media Covered it: Fox News (Right bias) highlighted new laws around immigration and public safety. NBC News (Lean Left bias) highlighted new laws regarding contraceptive access and LGBTQ+ rights.
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Newsweek
The Supreme Court is to pronounce key decisions in 2024, on issues ranging from gun control to presidential immunity. The justices will also decide on the court's first abortion case since they overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Here are some of the key cases:
The story of Zackey Rahimi pushes gun rights to the very edge of what courts will tolerate. The justices are to decide whether a federal law prohibiting people who are under a domestic violence civil restraining order from possessing firearms is constitutional under the Second Amendment.
An alleged small-time...
As the calendar flips to 2024, a number of new laws are coming into effect around the United States.
They include "Clean Slate" laws sealing criminal records, crackdowns on retail theft and sex trafficking, and laws affecting bail and probation.
Here are just a few new laws coming into play around the country at some point this year:
In March, a new Texas law will make illegal immigration, historically a federal crime, a state-level crime.
Senate Bill 4 is already facing challenges in court, but it will give local police the authority...
States across the country will ring in the new year with laws set to take effect throughout 2024 about issues like gun violence, book bans and gender-neutral toy sections.
A growing number of states will require financial literacy courses in high schools, while a handful of others will add access to contraceptives by eliminating the need for physician prescriptions.
As state legislatures brace for another year of proposals broaching the country’s most divisive issues, here are some of the laws that will make it into reality in 2024:
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