During the federal shutdown, some things endure. Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these romantics from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
LOVE, American Style
The LOVE Act authorizes the D.C. mayor “to issue marriage licenses and authorize officiants during a period of time when the Clerk of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia is not issuing marriage licenses because of a federal government shutdown.” Mayor Bowser will sign the bill later this week, upon her return from Las Vegas (another city known for love, though sometimes more fleeting than enduring).
Shutdown Has Hit D.C. Hard
The shutdown has caused more problems in D.C. than anywhere else, since many services there are federally funded. Residents there have united to backfill the services placed on hold, including picking up trash around the Mall and helping out at the Department of Employment Services to process unemployment claims as a result of the shutdown.
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- Shutdown: The Skinny for Federal Courts, Cases, and Counselors (FindLaw Strategist)
- International Mystery Subpoena Upheld by D.C. Circuit Panel (FindLaw D.C. Circuit)
- Under D.C.’s Recreational Marijuana Law, What’s Legal, What’s Not? (FindLaw Blotter)
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