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Is the banning of large events in the USA constitutional?
Recently several US cities banned large gatherings of events such as listed here. Given that the 1st amendment of the US constitution states
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise…
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Is it legal to crack MD5 hashes?
I saw a website that involves programming problems. One problem asks to write a program that finds a string whose MD5 hash is given.
Is it criminal to crack the MD5 hash by finding those strings?
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How to protect assets from being passed to a beneficiary in a will when they are likely to die soon also
I'm going through the process of creating a simple (my first) last will and testament.
I'm young with modest assets. I'm married with no children and live in the United States. I'd like to have something in place to make things as seamless as…
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Legality of creating a SE replica using SE's content
Due to the recent controversy(s) regarding StackExchange, a couple other users and I were discussing the legality of creating a copy of SE and scraping the content.
If we did not copy SE's actual code, just the content that users put on the site,…
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What if a restaurant suddenly cannot accept credit cards, and the customer has no cash?
If a restaurant normally accepts credit cards, and a customer eats a meal there, then tries to pay with his valid credit card, and the cashier says the credit card system is down and they can only accept cash today, and the customer has no cash, and…
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Why would someone get a fine when using a disabled parking space when the disabled person is not in the car?
An article in LA Times about someone parking on a disabled parking space without the disabled person being in the car:
(...) I saw a woman pull into a disabled parking space and begin to
exit her car.
Two men in plain clothes flashed badges as…
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Stealing when it is free?
There is a charity shop, which sells nothing but gives books away for free. They do accept optional donations of money, and any books donations so they have more books to give away for free.
Upon entering the charity shop, there is a sign saying…
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Why does it matter that a group of January 6 rioters went to Olive Garden for dinner after the riot?
CNN has an article pointing out that the rioters went to Olive Garden for dinner and spent $400 after the riot. The article implies that where they went for dinner, and how much they spent, is relevant to their trial.
Why does it matter where they…
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Can I get reimbursed if police shot the window of my car during a standoff?
My car was parked in the parking lot of a large chain grocery store, upon returning to my car I found the police in a standoff with a suspect with my vehicle right at the center. I asked if I could move my car but the officers got angry and started…
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Could double jeopardy protect a murderer who bribed the judge and jury to be declared not guilty?
Assume the following hypothetical case: a well-known multi-billionaire is holding an event with lots of invitees, (so there is no doubt about his identity), then in front of many witnesses and live cameras takes out a gun and murders several people,…
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Is youtube-dl takedown due to their tests which use copyrighted content?
The DMCA takedown notice posted on GitHub's youtube-dl page seems to be primarily based on the fact that youtube-dl is expressly advertised as a tool to "circumvent the technological protection measures used by authorized streaming services", to the…
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Do the UK TV licensing rules disregard innocent until proven guilty?
I don't have a TV Licence. I use Netflix and Amazon Prime. In the UK you have to state that you don't have a TV Licence and sign a declaration to that effect every 2 years (unless you then get a licence).
When signing my declaration there was a note…
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Why do statutes of limitations exist?
I don't understand: why artificially create a set of deadlines before which one crime or another can be brought to the conviction stage? Why not be able to investigate and prosecute for an indefinite period of time after a crime has been committed?…
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Pregnant spouse slipped abortion pills unknowingly. What would the legal ramifications be?
Suppose a partner to a pregnant woman gave her an abortion pill which successfully aborted the pregnancy. Suppose that this was done in a non-violent way, unbeknownst to the woman.
One could argue this is murder, however, if the woman took the…
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Do Legal Documents Require Signing In Standard Pen Colors?
I have a question as to whether or not legal documents signed in non standard pen colors (Anything other than blue or black) are valid.
I carry a purple pen around that use for everyday writing tasks, and when I was going to sign a document, someone…
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