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What does "presumed innocence" mean in the case of S Rushdie attack?
The public defender of Hadi Matar (the man who attacked Salman Rushdie), Nathaniel Barone, said
[Hadi Matar] has that constitutional right of presumed innocence
What does that mean in that context?
He will have a fair trial, but there is no doubt…
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Would it be legal to erase, disable, or destroy your phone when a CBP agent attempted to seize it?
If a Customs and Border Protection agent demanded that I give him my phone while I (a US citizen) was re-entering the US, would it be legal for me to activate some kind of "panic button" that factory-reset and/or instantly bricked the phone before…
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Is calling emergency service for someone ever mandatory?
Is it ever mandatory to call the police or other emergency service for people? For example, say a friend has suicidal thoughts. Could you ever be breaking the law by not calling the police in such a situation?
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GDPR & Blocking EU Visitors?
I recently chatted with a colleague who is preparing to launch a social networking and forum website which targets a relatively narrow audience (for discussion, let's say it is a dating site that solicits personal information to help find potential…
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Why did the First Amendment not override the Copyright Clause?
Why does the First Amendment not override the Copyright Clause, making copyright an unconstitutional violation of freedom of speech and press?
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Could the US abolish copyright?
I know this isn't politically feasible, but is it legally possible for the United States to abolish copyright? Could the government withdraw from all treaties that require copyright, then repeal all copyright-related laws?
I know the Constitution…
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Who gets in trouble if a user uploads pirated content on an open platform?
I have made this site similar to Youtube/Instagram where users can upload photos/videos to their profile and share it with others.
Recently, some users have started to pirate content (some have started uploading Spongebob Episodes, Minion Movies,…
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Do various common law sovereign citizen movement theories have any kernels of basis in fact?
Note: I had seen and reviewed the proposed duplicate/precursor question on freemen of the land but if you read my question a little more carefully you will hopefully see that mine seeks to go deeper into the issue than that one for manages to.
They…
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Can Russia be sued over breaking gas contracts?
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia has unilaterally demanded that "unfriendly countries" pay for Russian natural gas in Russian rubles, despite the existing contracts specifying payment in dollars or euros. At the end of April 2022,…
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Does Bob have a case if he ends up paying child support due to Alice's deceit?
This question is inspired by and closely related to that one, but is different.
Alice deperately wants to conceive and give birth to a child from Bob, but Bob is adamant. He is very careful to avoid becoming a father for a number of reasons, one of…
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What does a lawyer do if they know for absolute certain that their client is guilty?
Say that a person is accused of committing a crime, they either hire a lawyer or have one appointed to them. Some time later, the lawyer learns that their client most certainly committed the crime. Perhaps the client shows the lawyer a video of them…
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Is homicide by misadventure illegal?
Recently I was looking over the definitions of the different types of homicides and I came across the term “homicide by misadventure.” This is when somebody accidentally kills somebody else while engaged in a legal activity and without any intent to…
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Does the Supreme Court simply rubberstamp the prevailing social consensus?
In Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393 (1857) the US Supreme Court ruled that slavery was legal.
In Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), the US Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.
In Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 U.S. 644…
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Are there any provisions in Britain which render improperly obtained criminal evidence judicially inadmissible?
If evidence of wrongdoing is uncovered through improper investigative measures, what protections are there for the subjects of these improper investigations in U.K. law?
Must one still answer for evidence of any wrongdoing no matter how it is…
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What does "circumstantial evidence" mean in criminal procedure?
What does the term "circumstantial" or "circumstantial evidence" mean in a legal context, particularly in regard to criminal law? How is it different from other kinds of evidence. Is it correct that circumstantial evidence is weaker or less…
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