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June 26, 2015 United States Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage nationwide.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2024

If the Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage, India would become the second country in Asia, after Taiwan, to do so.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed into law a bill that effectively legalizes the cryptocurrency sector in the country.

From The Verge • Mar. 17, 2022

“If California legalizes sports gambling it becomes very unlikely that another state would arise as the consumer-oriented opposer of sports gambling.”

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2022

The act legalizes the deportation of people suspected of having “ties to terrorism.”

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler