Examples of repeal in the following topics:
-
- The Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution repealed the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which had mandated nationwide Prohibition on alcohol on January 17, 1920.
- The eighteenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States is hereby repealed.
-
- The Stamp Act Congress met in October 1765, petitioning the King and Parliament to repeal the act before it went into effect at the end of the month.
- Parliament repealed the Stamp Act but passed the Declaratory Act in its wake.
- Boycotts reduced the profits of British merchants, who, in turn, petitioned Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts.
- Parliament eventually agreed to repeal much of the Townshend legislation, but they refused to remove the tax on tea, maintaining that the British government retained the authority to tax the colonies.
-
- In the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, the US Congress enacted a phase-out of the federal estate tax over the following 10 years, so that the tax would be completely repealed in 2010.
- However, while a majority of the Senate favored the repeal, there was not a three-fifths supermajority in favor.
- As of April 2011, Republicans in Congress have tried to repeal the sunset provision, but their efforts have been unsuccessful.
-
- The only way to put a complete end to crime would be to repeal all laws, a "solution" which does not have much appeal.
- While repealing all laws would be counterproductive, "decriminalizing" some actions may be desirable if costs of outlawing them outweigh the benefits.
-
- Those in favor of ending Prohibition feared that the 21st Amendment (set to repeal the 18th Amendment prohibiting the sale and consumption of alcohol) would be blocked by conservative state legislatures.
- On December 5, 1933, these so-called "wets" asked for specially called state conventions and ratified repeal.
-
- The 23rd Amendment would have been repealed by the District of Columbia Voting Rights Amendment, which proposed to give the District full representation in the United States Congress, full representation in the Electoral College system, and full participation in the process by which the U.S.
-
- Legislation creating devolved parliaments or assemblies can be repealed or amended by central government in the same way as any statute.
-
- By the early 1980s, it was largely perceived that women had met their goals and succeeded in changing social attitudes towards gender roles, repealing oppressive laws that were based on sex, integrating "boys' clubs" such as military academies, the United States Armed Forces, NASA, single-sex colleges, men's clubs, and the Supreme Court, and by accomplishing the goal of making gender discrimination illegal.
- By the early 1980s, it was largely perceived that women had met their goals and succeeded in changing social attitudes towards gender roles, repealing oppressive laws that were based on sex, integrating "boys' clubs" such as military academies, the United States Armed Forces, NASA, single-sex colleges, men's clubs, and the Supreme Court, and by accomplishing the goal of making gender discrimination illegal.
-
- Because California's death penalty was approved by voter initiative, it can only be repealed by voters and not the legislature.
- Prop. 62 on the Nov. 8, 2016 ballot will ask voters to do repeal its death penalty.
-
- A congressional bill to repeal DADT was enacted in December 2010, specifying that the policy would remain in place until the President, the Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff certified that repeal would not harm military readiness, followed by a 60-day waiting period.