massachusetts

Check out this bill in Massachusetts enacting the repeal of several antiquated blue laws, mostly from Chapter 272 of the General Laws of Massachusetts. The most fun laws are in sections 63-69, which carefully distinguish "Tramps," "Vagrants," and "Vagabonds." (thx, jon may) (2) #
1/31/2008

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has upheld the 1913 law that invalidates marriages of residents from other states where the marriage would be considered unlawful. The law was originally put in place to stop interracial marriages from states where such marriages were unlawful (i.e., the law was founded on an unconstitutional situation). Nonetheless, it appears that the SJC believes the law should be repealed, if at all, by the legislature and not by the judiciary. However, it remains to be seen whether residents from states without explicit anti-gay-marriage laws (e.g., New York and Rhode Island) are unfairly restricted by the 1913 law. (5) #
3/30/2006

Mitt Romney has announced that he will not be running for a second term as governor of Massachusetts. The unstated implication being that he's so unpopular in Massachusetts that he would lose the reelection campaign, which result would kill his 2008 presidential aspirations. Maybe Massachusetts will finally realize that the Democrat population/Republican governor idea hasn't been working out so well. (12) #
12/15/2005

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