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In four major speeches Douglass extolled the Mayflower, joining antislavery figures who looked back to the Plymouth settlers—who established government by consent and initially did not legalize slavery—as an ur-source of abolitionism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The combination of a years-long fight to legalize street vending in Los Angeles and months of harassment from U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

Polymarket has an advantage there: U.S. states with the highest Hispanic populations, namely Texas and California, have yet to legalize traditional sports betting.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026

Supreme Court struck down the ban on sports betting, paving the way for states to legalize in-person and online betting.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

When word of Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation reached the Hermitage, all of the newly freed people were told they must legalize their marriages.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

A new California law legalizes the plug-in solar panels that are becoming popular in other states and in Europe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

If the Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage, India would become the second country in Asia, after Taiwan, to do so.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2023

The 100-page "family code" legalizes same-sex marriage and civil unions, allows same-sex couples to adopt children, and promotes equal sharing of domestic rights and responsibilities between men and women.

From Reuters ● Sep. 26, 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed into law a bill that effectively legalizes the cryptocurrency sector in the country.

From The Verge ● Mar. 17, 2022

The act legalizes the deportation of people suspected of having “ties to terrorism.”

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

The film was released during a time when interracial marriage was not yet legalized nationwide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Even after New Jersey legalized casinos in the 1970s, sports betting outside Nevada was mostly forbidden.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Marriage equality was legalized in all 50 states by the Supreme Court 11 years ago in Obergefell v.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

The state’s supremacy in the sports-betting space is also noteworthy because New York only legalized online sports wagering in 2022.

From MarketWatch ● May 15, 2026

It was then that he decided to review the titles to land that went back a hundred years and he discovered the legalized outrages of his brother, José Arcadio.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Major investments in battery energy storage, as well as a new state law legalizing plug-in solar, should also help move the needle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Since the early 1970s, Steinem used her voice and influence to work toward legalizing safe abortions while championing survivors of rape and domestic violence and pushing for equal pay in the workplace.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

It attempts to fill a $1.2 billion budget hole by legalizing gambling terminals for bars and restaurants and borrowing for the likes of retroactive pay raises for firefighters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

The small South American country has a long history of passing socially liberal laws, legalizing marijuana, same-sex marriage and abortion long before most others.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2025

Two men loudly discuss how Patel has been successful in legalizing their family members.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario