Blue laws (also known as Sunday laws, Sunday trade laws, and Sunday closing laws) are laws restricting or banning certain activities on specified days, usually Sundays in the western …

Blue laws, also known as Sunday laws, are laws that restrict or ban some or all activities on specified days (most often on Sundays in the western world), particularly to promote the …

4 days ago · Enforcement of blue laws, however, has historically been gray. John Potter Stockton, the attorney general of New Jersey from 1877 to 1897, and others said they found some of the …

Jan 23, 2025 · Blue laws, rooted in religious traditions, restrict activities on specific days, particularly Sundays. Originally intended to encourage rest or worship, their enforcement …

Jan 21, 2025 · A fierce debate has erupted over Sunday retail operations at the American Dream Complex in East Rutherford, as Bergen County officials accuse the mall of violating the …

Jun 23, 2017 · New Jersey went "blue" a long time ago. A blue law restricting most activities on Sundays dates back to 1704, and in 1798 the state Legislature incorporated it into a new law …

Blue laws are laws designed to restrict certain activities on Sundays (or other specific days) for religious reasons to observe a day of worship or rest. Blue laws also may ban shopping or ban …

Blue law, in U.S. history, a law forbidding certain secular activities on Sunday. The name may derive from Samuel A. Peters’s General History of Connecticut (1781), which purported to list …

Blue law is a colloquial term for state statute or ordinance that forbids or regulates entertainment and commercial activities (ex. sale of liquor) on Sundays or religious holidays. Blue laws can …

Aug 8, 2018 · In western countries like the US, blue laws are generally enforced on Sundays, a legacy of the very “blue” Christian sects like the Puritans, who thought they might find Eden on …