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Legal experts say the latest ruling is different, functionally outlawing cash bail in most cases, and strictly capping the amount in others.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

The overturned regulation outlawing states of emergency dates back to social unrest in 2019 which killed 36 people and led to the resignation of then socialist leader Evo Morales.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

The next town over, Pittsfield, passed a bylaw outlawing baseball to protect the windows of its meetinghouse—all the way back in 1791.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

But if they don’t include ironclad provisions outlawing impoundment under all circumstances, those concessions won’t be worth the paper they’re printed on.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2025

Certainly, outlawing barbaric punishments was evidence of progress in penal practice, and perhaps of progress in American civilization as well.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover