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The Gun Control Act of 1968 (Gun Control Act), codified principally at 18 U.S.C. §§ 921-931, is a foundational piece of federal firearms legislation.

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Latin for "that you have the body." Federal courts can use the writ of habeas corpus to determine if a state's detention of a prisoner is valid. A writ of habeas corpus is used to bring a prisoner or other detainee (e.g. an institutionalized psychiatric patient) before the court to determine if the person's imprisonment or detention is lawful. A habeas petition proceeds as a civil action against the State agent who holds the defendant in custody.

Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum is Latin for “that you have the body to submit to.” Commonly called the “Great Writ,” habeas corpus ad subjiciendum is the specific class of the habeas corpus judicial order used to direct a person or 

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507, is a U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that even people detained as enemy combatants have the constitutional right to challenge their detention before a neutral decision maker. 

A chad is the portion of paper that is removed when paper is hole-punched; therefore, a hanging chad is the piece of paper that occasionally fails to fully separate from the paper when it is not fully punched through, and instead remains partially in place.

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A head of state is the public representative of a country. In the United States, the head of state is known as the President.

The hot pursuit doctrine provides that police may pursue a fleeing suspect into a home without a warrant when they have probable cause to make an arrest and when that arrest was already in motion in a public place within their jurisdiction.

Congress enacted the Hughes Amendment as part of the Firearm Owners’ Protection Act (FOPA) of 1986. The particular amendment was named after the sponsor, Representative William J. Hughes, and added a new subsection, now codified at 18 U.S.C. § 922(o).

Humphrey's Executor v. United States was a 1935 Supreme Court case in which the estate of William E.

In Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell, 485 U.S.