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Is there a common name for lawyers and judges?
Lawyers and Judges, for as different as their roles may be, still work in the same system, and share many skills, even if their jobs involve vary different application of said skills.
Thus, I'm curious, given these similarities, is there a common…
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How far does the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine extend?
Suppose that an individual has been arrested, multiple times, for possession of controlled substances (i.e. illegal drugs), but has managed to get the charges dropped or dismissed by a court after a hearing each time because the searches leading to…
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Why are there so many youtube to mp4 and mp3 download websites online when it is illegal?
If it is illegal to download videos and audios from youtube due to copyright reasons, why are there so many youtube to mp4 and mp3 download websites online?
For example https://freevideotomp3.com//, one could reason about them just providing a way…
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Would "Stop a Douchebag" be legal in the US? Why is it legal in Russia?
In Russia, there is a movement called Stop a Douchebag, whose prime activities are as follows.
Prevent people from driving on sidewalks.
Prevent double parking.
The participants in this movement seem to adhere to very respectful speech. However, I…
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My company handed me a letter today telling me I owe them money because they overpaid me. Do I legally have to pay them?
I work an hourly job. I got a letter today telling me that they overpaid me and I owe them money. My job pays minimum wage and I'm not sure how they "overpaid" me, their computers pay me per second that I work. I can view the hours I've worked in…
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Police encounter: "Why do you think I stopped you?" Is there any legal downside in answering "I don't know"?
Many police encounters in the United States start with the police officer asking "Why do you think I stopped you?"
Is there any legal downside in answering "I don't know"?
If state-specific, I am mostly interested in the case where I am located in…
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What happens when an insurance company cannot pay insurance because of natural circumstances?
Let's say there is a fire insurance company X with most of its clients from Region Y. Say that this was Company X's intent, with the knowledge that the following scenario might happen.
A wildfire starts in Region Y, and Company X suddenly owes a lot…
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Is it legal for a US state to use general anesthesia before executing a prisoner?
It seems that that the controversy regarding how much suffering an execution causes could be ended by just using general anesthesia ahead of the execution. Is it legal for a US state to use general anesthesia before executing a prisoner? If the…
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Is it cruel and unusual punishment for animal control to remove a student from a school?
A bill has been introduced in the Oklahoma legislature, aiming to penalize public school students who participate in the therian and otherkin subcultures (people who identify as animals or as fictional creatures) and the furry fandom (people…
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Can one be convicted of murder without a body?
There is an ongoing case in France about Mrs Delphine Jubilar (fr) who disappeared one night in December 2020.
Her partner is accused of having murdered her, but no body was ever found. He is currently held in prison pending trial.
Can one be…
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Legality of "stealing" assets from Debtors
Yesterday, I watched an episode of a TV show where debt collectors stole valuable assets because their owners didn't pay the monthly rates or when they entered bankruptcy.
The show was recorded in the US, and I wonder how this could be legal, as the…
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Is it an offence to disregard a no-contact court order when the other person is extremely complicit?
Alice and Bob are in an intimate relationship and Bob gets drunk and hits Alice which he is convicted of. Part of the legal outcome is that he is prohibited from going near Alice, but they secretly get back together on the basis that Alice is not…
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How many separate judicial systems are there in the United States?
At minute 17:30 of this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJOpSkyBl2Y the lecturer claims there are 51 separate court systems.
But I count at least 52: 50 states, the federal system, and Washington DC. Does DC count as a separate judicial…
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What does the long underscore in United States case citations stand for?
United States court cases are commonly cited like this:
Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. ___ (2015)
So... what is "___" here?
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Emergency Room Obligation
Much along the lines of Can a doctor make you pay for something you didn't explicitly agree to pay for?
Imagine Bob is struck unconscious by a hit & run, then transported by ambulance to the Emergency Room.
Bob wakes up two weeks later and checks…
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