Secondly,Taney said Scott was ruled by the laws of Missouri, the state in which he lived.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

The president then announced that the post office would,once again,be protected by the civil service laws.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

Such laws provide more investigative resources or longer sentences,or both, for crimes driven by prejudice.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

Would the laws be decided by the Congress in Washington?

VOA: special.2009.04.30

By nineteen seventy-four several other environmental laws had been signed.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

The option of arming the private ships to protect against hijacking is complicated by common port laws which ban private firearms within port waters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

This week,a probe by the European Union found Sri Lanka in breach of human rights laws during the military campaign to defeat the rebels.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

The code's more than 1,100 new articles would have increased women's rights by reforming laws with regards to land ownership, inheritance,education, employment and marriage.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

Laws vary by state, so U.S.House of Representatives is considering a bill that would allow all former prisoners to vote in federal elections after they have completed their sentences.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

"We are surrounded by countries with very tough laws, while we are very weak, so it is not surprising while many terrorists from other countries found their hotbed in Indonesia,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.10

Two states banned them outright. Those laws were rendered invalid for married women by a 1965 Supreme Court decision and the ruling was expanded in 1972 to cover all women.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12