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3.793 documents for legal age of consent in texas

- We Should Remember What Unites Us, Not Divides... [Derived Headline]
We should remember what unites us, not divides us To the Editor:

... YFZ (Yearning For Zion) ranch in Eldorado Texas. Thus far, the state retains custody of the childr... be charged with child abuse if they consented to their husbands having sex with another woman (w..., pushed into law a bill that raised the legal age of consent in Texas from 14 to 16?. William C....
- Progress - Index, The; Petersburg, Va.
- June 08, 2010
- Sossamon v. Texas, 563 U.S.(20xx) (2011)
... the Sxxxxx, byacceptinx federxx xxxxx, consent to waive their sovereignimmunity to suits for xxxx..., the usual remedy xxx a violation xx a legal right isdamagxx. Consistent with these principles...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Three concepts of dignity in constitutional law.
... and scholars treat dignity as an important legal value, but they usually do not explain what it mea...For example, in Lawrence v. Texas (110) the Court invalidated Texas' criminal sodomy... could be judged without reference to the consent of the participants: "Consent cannot save material...
- Notre Dame Law Review
- Vol. 86 Nbr. 1, February 2011

- Polygamous Sect Pledges to Quit Performing Underage Marriages
ELDORADO, Texas -- The same day a judge signed an order returning hundreds of FLDS children taken in the raid to their anxious parents, the polygamous sect pledged to no longer perform underage marriages. In the future, the church commits that it will not preside over the marriage of any woman under the age of legal consent in the jurisdiction in which the marriage takes place," Fundamentalist LDS Church member Willie Jessop said Monday, reading from a statement. "The church will counsel families that they neither request nor consent to any underage marriages. This policy will apply church- wide.
- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- June 03, 2008
- Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn., 564 U.S. (2011)
... or be spoken towithout their parents' consent. He cites no case, state or federal,suppor... Brieffor Comic Book Legal Defense Fund as Amicus Curiae 11- . 15.5 And, of ... disrespect for the Nation's flag (Texas v.Johnson, 491 U. S. 397 (1989)). JUSTICE BREYER ...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Increasing consent for organ donation: mandated choice, individual autonomy, and informed consent.
...(11) These registered choices are legally binding upon the individual's death. Mandated choi... in organ donors, (134) as demonstrated by Texas's brief experiment with mandated choice. In 1991, ...
- Health Matrix. Journal of Law-Medicine
- Vol. 21 Nbr. 2, March 2011
- J. D. B. v. North Carolina, 564 U.S. (2011)
...D. B.'s grand-mother-his legal guardian-as well as his aunt. Police later learned...S. 551, 569 (2005); Johnson v. Texas, 509 . U. S. 350, 367 (1993). It is a fact that "... against them, and marrywithout parental consent-exhibit the settled understanding that the differe...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- From colorblindness to antibalkanization: an emerging ground of decision in race equality cases.
... is quite a different matter; and the legal analysis changes accordingly. (88) Why does Justic...(171) The suit ended with a consent decree requiring the City to adopt recruitment, hi...Texas, in RACE AND REPRESENTATION: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION 29...
- Yale Law Journal
- Vol. 120 Nbr. 6, April 2011
- An Examination of idaho high school football coaches' general understanding of concussion.
...Informed consent was implied upon completion and return of the ques...To date only Texas, Washington, Oregon, and Connecticut have made com... in a number of publications (Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, Women in Sport and Physical Acti...
- The Sport Journal
- Vol. 14 Nbr. 1, January 2011
- Abbott v. Abbott, 560 U. S. (2010)
...Mr. Abbott also had a ne exeat right to consent before Ms. Abbott could take A. J. A. out of the...49. When Ms. Abbott brought A. J. A. to Texas without permission from Mr. Abbott or the Chilean ... in other countries and under other legal traditions. In any case, this country has adopted ...
- U.S. Supreme Court