Turnbuckles are also used extensively in watercraft and aircraft to regulate the lengths and tensions of riggings and rope and cable lines. In all applications, turnbuckles should be selected to be at least as strong as the cable or rope to which they're secured.
The Wade-Davis Bill of 1864 was created by the Radical Republicans, who believed that absolute punishment had to be levied against the South as a condition of re-admittance during Reconstruction. The bill called for a complete abolition of slavery to prevent it from surviving in any way after the war.
Oklahoma state Rep. Justin Humphrey, a Republican lawmaker in his first term, introduced the bill on January 9, according to The Intercept. It was eventually tabled by the House Public Health Committee, but the bill is back on the committee's agenda. A similar law was struck down by the Supreme Court in 1992, The Intercept noted.