The campaign to convert most of the District of Columbia into a state began in the 1960s and remains active today. On April 22, 2021, the House of Representatives voted 216–208 along party lines to pass H.R. 51, the “Washington, D.C. Admission Act.”
The adoption of facial recognition technology (FRT) by federal and state government agencies specifically, by law enforcement for identifying unknown individuals suspected of committing crimes has generated a particularly heated debate about whether its potential benefits are outweighed by concerns over its potential for misuse and abuse.
In Roe v. Wade,REF the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973 created a constitutional right to abortion and issued rules for implementing it that invalidated the pro-life laws of all 50 states. As a result, abortion advocates went to federal court to challenge laws protecting the unborn that legislatures continued to enact.
Advocates for legalization of medical-use cannabis claim that it can alleviate the suffering of the dying, particularly individuals undergoing the end stage of cancer, or the disabling symptoms of horrific maladies, such as multiple sclerosis, that might leave some people wishing that the end were nigh.