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Is it legally permitted to quote from legally restricted materials in US?
Is it legally permitted to quote from legally restricted materials in US?
Let’s say, US government banned/censored a site or book X legally. Now if I refer/quote something in my writings, blogs, sites, books, articles etc. referring to X, is there…
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Adapt the oath of truth to a reasonable version?
I find the oath
Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?
an almost absurd request. It is common-sense that nobody knows the whole truth about anything, so how could one ever disclose the whole truth? (Socrates…
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Is mere accusation without evidence other than testimony of the accuser, grounds for arrest in the UK?
Several years ago I was stopped in public by the police. Someone had 'identified' me as abusing them in terms of their gender two years before that. Had that happened, I suppose it would have been classified as a hate crime. In fact, it was a case…
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What are the limits of the Commerce Clause?
In Gonzalez v. Raich, the Supreme Court held that the Controlled Substances Act could apply to home-grown marijuana that started in and never left California because it could still affect the interstate marijuana market, and thus fell under the…
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Does the United States' Fourth Amendment cover privacy violations by private corporations?
For the sake of contrast, consider the wording of the First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right…
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Does the first amendment protect children forced to receive a religious education?
Many parents "force" their children to receive religious education. Does the children's U.S. First Amendment right to freedom of religion allow them to get the police to stop their parents from doing this sort of thing? Or do First Amendment rights…
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Can a vaccine be required by law?
This question came up because I read that Bolsonaro, Brazil's president, was criticized by the opposition for saying that COVID-19 vaccinations won't be mandatory. The opposition said that the vaccine should be a requirement, which means that if…
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Is there a legal reason why fictional shows use imitation brand names?
Often, when I watch TV shows, I'll see or hear about an imitation of a real brand name.
As an example, here is a parody of Walmart from The Simpsons
The store in the picture is unambiguously supposed to represent Walmart. They're even using…
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Why is this contract worded like a client is talking to himself?
I'm looking at a sample contract for a graphic designer who is planning on doing freelance work. I don't understand why it says that the Client should obtain all copyright permissions for materials included in the designs at their own request, like…
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Why are law firms with non-lawyer owners/directors uncommon?
Most law firms exist as partnerships of their main lawyers who are the owners/directors.
Why isn't the model popular where a non-lawyer but talented leader/organizer/visionary just puppets lawyers on the payroll who represent clients of the firm?…
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How does a requirement to wear a mask infringe civil liberty?
I come from a scientific background, so wearing a mask is second nature in a laboratory & clinical settings: I am biased because I do not want to infect patients or inhale pathogens.
That being said, I am trying to understand the viewpoint as to…
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Is it legal to ask to be shot?
Say I ask someone to shoot me non lethally. Not assisted suicide, Just shot. Is this legal? Isn't it like asking to be assaulted with a deadly weapon?
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A sitting judge is claiming to represent a client against me. Should I file a bar complaint?
We recently had to fire an employee for cause. After we sent an email to the former employee asking for a password to an account that belonged to the business, we received a reply from a person who represented themselves as the lawyer for the…
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Can freelancers publish code in GitHub and claim it to be theirs?
I am curious to know the legal process of a collaborated effort for a code at a small startup.
Say I am the technical head of a startup, and I have about 90% of the code/commits. The other 10% is by temporary employees, interns, freelancers, etc.…
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Who owns the washing machine?
This scenario is based on a real life event but is a purely hypothetical question (because this isn't remotely worth going to court or even arguing over). The situation seems surprisingly complicated, so it made me curious what, if anything, the…
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