How to Use blue law in a Sentence
blue law
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Car dealerships in Texas are required to close one day each weekend because of one of the state’s last remaining blue laws.
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Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 July 2026
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There’s a divisive court battle happening in Bergen County over its 1700s-era blue laws, which limit sales on clothes, home decor and more.
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Tim Craig,
Washington Post,
10 May 2026
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But Minnesota is an outlier here, and as was the case with those stubborn Sunday blue laws, sports gambling will eventually win out in Minnesota.
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John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
25 Oct. 2025
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Two dueling proposals in the General Assembly change who gets paid under Rhode Island's blue laws.
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Wheeler Cowperthwaite,
The Providence Journal,
26 Mar. 2026
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Texas lawmakers passed a broad blue law in 1961 that prohibited the sale of 42 categories of goods, including clothing, appliances, housewares and hardware, on both Saturday and Sunday.
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Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 July 2026
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Most states have since repealed or ignored them—California and Oregon, for example, no longer enforce blue laws, with California’s Supreme Court ruling them unconstitutional for imposing religious observance.
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Sam Stevenson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Nov. 2025
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