Volokh concludes that courts could find the San Francisco ban unconstitutional, assuming it passes (you know it will: San Franciscans banned Happy Meals, for chrissakes).

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Even former San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom disavowed the ban to further his successful bid for Lieutenant Governor.

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In the United States, nearly 100 communities or cities have passed laws limiting throw-away bag use, led by San Francisco, which passed a disposable bag ban in 2007.

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Whatever happens with the Happy Meals, the current ban is a cue for this corporate giant to do for San Franciscans what it did for Parisiennes and others around the world.

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In California last year, proposals to let local governments ban circumcision made it onto the ballots in some cities, including San Francisco.

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Apple today told a U.S. district court judge in San Jose it would appeal her decision earlier this week not to ban sales of a number of Samsung phones.

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In France, reusable bags now account for half of the market, and San Francisco has become the first U.S. city to adopt a ban on disposable bags.

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In San Francisco, there is a proposition on the ballot for the fall elections to ban circumcision.

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The figures pinpointing the ban's impact on the local economy came from Ted Egan, chief economist in the San Francisco Controller's Office, while the state numbers came from M.

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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said the city would "vigorously fight the NRA" and said the ban was good for public safety.

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