What is the idea of a shield law

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Answer: What is a shield law?

A shield law provides statutory protection for the “reporters’ privilege” — legal rules which protect journalists against the government requiring them to reveal confidential sources or other information. Sometimes an overzealous prosecutor or law enforcement agency will subpoena a reporter’s notes or the identity of a source to aid an investigation or prosecution. A shield law would allow leakers and sources to feel safe approaching journalists to expose wrongdoing in society, similar to providing priests and psychiatrists the ability to provide some confidentiality to conversations, without concerns that a judge would require their identities or the information to be turned over to the federal government unless under very limited circumstances. The District of Columbia and 49 states have some level of protections from local and state agencies. No statutory protection exists at the federal level.

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C is the answer, sorry if I’m wrong

Which describes the work of Henry David Thoreau? A. His essay on civil disobedience inspired Martin Luther King, Jr., and Mohandas Gandhi. B. His poetry on the Revolutionary War became the basis for many patriotic songs. C. His stories and novels about Indians and the frontier are still popular reading today. D. His books on nature inspired artists to focus on painting landscapes of the American West.

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who participated in rodeos in the outsiders


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Dallas (Dally) Winston and I believe Sherri (Cherry) and her friend, Martia also participated in rodeos. I also think that the guy who opened the door for Pony and Johnny (after the murder) rode in rodeos as well.
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How did new technologies impact exploration

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Technological Innovations of the Age of Exploration. During the Age of Exploration many tools were needed to help it flourish. These tools were helpful mainly because they helped explorers travel across seas. The explorers were able to make their discoveries mainly because of these technological innovations.

Which state wanted slaves to be counted as a part of their population

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That would be the southern states. The northern states didn't want slavery, but the southern didn't agree and that's how the civil war started!

What was the largest group of white people in the south

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it the Yeomen who were the largest demographic in the south