Use this tag for claims about the law. This must be almost always be accompanied by a country tag, such as [united-states] to clarify which country's laws the claim is about.
Questions tagged [law]
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Do fast jury verdicts favor either the prosecution or the defendant?
Trial watchers occasionally assert fast verdicts are more likely to be guilty ones. The idea has been expressed by small town newspapers and even sports reporters. At the same time, other news organizations and trial blogs assert exactly the…
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Is there a legal video size limit for Super Bowl parties?
Slate claims:
A Baptist congregation in Indiana plans to cancel its Super Bowl party this weekend, after receiving a threatening letter from the National Football League. NFL officials say the church would have broken the law by charging an…
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Were Papadopoulos, Manafort, and Flynn subjects of FISA applications?
Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee said this in December, in a closed-door hearing of the House Judiciary Committee (on pages 66-67 of this transcript, released a few days ago):
I want to talk about the spring, summer, and autumn of 2016.…
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Does Toomey's amendment to the GOP Tax Bill only benefit Hillsdale College?
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer just said this on the Senate floor, regarding the Republican Tax Bill:
One college, Hillsdale College, has been exempted from taxes on colleges with large endowments. It is supported by the DeVos family. This is…
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Did European Muslim protestors carry signs "Shariah for the Netherlands", "Islam Will Dominate the World, Freedom Can Go to Hell"
Does the following alleged photograph represent an actual demonstration by real self-identified Muslims, in Europe?
I found at: http://www.billionbibles.org/sharia/sharia-europe.html
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Are media reports about squatters' rights accurate?
So a few months ago there was a spout of stories in the UK papers pertaining to squatters, and the fact that they have just been breaking into houses and changing the locks whilst the owners had been on holiday. This was apparently resulting in the…
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Is Ted Cruz a "natural born" US citizen?
A Forbes report, Birther Hypocrisy- Right Wing Has No Problem With Canadian Born Senator Ted Cruz Running For President sums it up.
Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, Canada, the son of an American mother and a Cuban father. Were we to buy into the…
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Would lowering the speed limit in NYC by 5mph lower the number of pedestrian deaths by a factor of 2?
According to the Mayor of New York City, De Blasio: (my emphasis)
Excessive speed contributes to 25 percent of roadway fatalities on New York City Streets and is the leading cause of motor vehicle crashes. Reducing vehicle speed from 30 to 25 mph…
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Was it illegal to discriminate on the basis of intelligence in the United States?
Paul Graham wrote the following in March 2005:
One advantage startups have over established companies is that there
are no discrimination laws about starting businesses. For example, I
would be reluctant to start a startup with a woman who had…
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Who writes congressional bills?
I'm not even American and even I know of School House Rock's "Just a Bill" and the Simpson's parody "An ammendment to be". In Just a Bill the bill is written by a congressman because of public outcry.
I was watching a TV program, called "Why…
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Does legalizing of prostitution lead to lowered spread of STIs in the general population?
I've found a number of articles claiming that legalizing prostitution is linked to lowed STIs. I could link a dozen other articles. Every one makes slightly different claims but they all seem to imply legalized prostitution leads to lowering the…
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Is there a bill in Iowa that bans the teaching of sexism, slavery, and racial segregation?
Is there a critical race theory bill in Iowa
that bans the teaching of the following topics: sexism, slavery,
racial segregation, racial discrimination, including topics related to
the enactment and enforcement of laws resulting in sexism,…
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Is it illegal in Alaska to wake up a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph?
DumbLaws.com claim:
While it is legal to shoot bears, waking a sleeping bear for the purpose of taking a photograph is prohibited.
The Gray Line Alaska blog repeats the claim.
There is also a Quora question asking why, with no answers.
Is it…
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Did a non-US Hungarian citizen get extradited to the United States for not reporting an American customer of his bank?
I was reading about this case in the news - Former Executive of Loyal Bank Ltd Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud the United States by Failing to Comply with Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
Here is an excerpt from the opening…
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Has the Americans with Disabilities Act reduced employment for disabled workers?
I recently heard someone claim that, despite its intentions, the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has actually reduced employment for disabled workers, because companies now fear lawsuits from disabled employees.
A little digging led me to…
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