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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Are "young people aged 14 and 15 are allowed to have sex with each other" in Germany?
Children younger than 14
In Germany, it is forbidden for adults or young people to have sex
with children younger than 14. If adults and young people do this
anyway, they become liable to prosecution.
If two children engage in sexual acts with each…
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Are phone calls unencrypted and forced by law to be unencrypted in India?
I am getting the unlock or un-secure lock image on my Nokia phone when ever I call.
http://blog.taddong.com/2011/02/does-your-phone-warn-you-when-it-is-not.html
Most GSM operators do encrypt their subscribers' communications, but some may choose…
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Are motorists in Washington entering city limits with criminal intentions required to phone to chief of police?
Several sites claim that there is a strange law in Washington state.
For example: Dumblaws.com claims:
A law to reduce crime states: "It is mandatory for a motorist with criminal intentions to stop at the city limits and telephone the chief of…
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Is it illegal to hang lingerie on a clothesline near an airport in Kidderville, NH?
There are some online sources claiming that, in Kidderville NH (USA), it is illegal to hang lingerie on the clothesline if you live near an airport.
Is this true?
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Do Russians need to disclose their encryption keys to the Federal Security Service?
Is it true that in Russia, citizens have an obligation to send copy of all of their private encryption keys to the Federal Security Service (FSB), even without receiving a specific demand?
Update: Someone replied on the…
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Do North Korean men have to cut their hair like Kim Jong Un does?
I read on several websites that a recent law compels North Korean men to cut their hair like Kim Jong Un does.
Where does this information come from? Is it reliable?
Here is an example in Belgian press:…
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Will the Affordable Care Act negatively impact radiologists in America?
My doctor, and numerous medical students and residents* I know, have told me recently that most doctors, and especially radiologists, are going to be negatively impacted by the Affordable Care Act, AKA Obamacare, as its assorted provisions go into…
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Does the Constitution of the US have anything to say about slavery?
The Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote an article for the 1619 Project in the New York Times, where she claimed:
The Constitution contains 84 clauses. Six deal directly with the enslaved and their enslavement, as the historian David Waldstreicher has…
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Are home owners required by law to connect gas in Victoria, Australia?
The One Step Off The Grid website claims that home owners in Victoria are required to connect to the gas network. It does not give an easy way to verify this claim.
Did you know Victoria’s building code forces people to connect a new house to the…
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Melanie Shaw secret trial and incarceration
I've seen this post a few times on social media:
https://www.facebook.com/608847352/posts/10155395745027353/
It claims Melanie Shaw made accusations about members of the Tory party and has been tried and held in secret.
Is there any truth to this?
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Would Egale's recommendations for law reform make anal sex legal at any age in Canada?
LifeSiteNews claims recommendations made by Egale, a Canadian LGBT advocacy organization, on changing laws would allow anal sex 'anytime, any place, with anyone'.
Specifically, it claims that the age of consent for anal sex will be completely…
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Are the papers shown by Trump in the 1/11 press conference a genuine sample?
In Donald Trump's press conference on 2016-01-11, he and his lawyer pointed to thousands of sheets of paper in manila folders and identified them as only a portion of the documents he is signing to remove himself an an officer of the Trump…
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Has the Swedish government determined flying the ISIS flag is not hate speech?
Speisa.com reports that an IS sympathiser in Sweden who flew the ISIS flag will not be prosecuted for incitement to racial hatred
The question of the ISIS flag, whether it's a hate symbol in the same way as for example the Nazi swastika, has never…
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Is New York City Council considering making public urination legal?
The Political Insider claims
According to the article:
The left-wingers who run New York City are about to make it 100% legal
to urinate in public.
Why? Because many blacks and minorities have been fined or arrested
for it. They would rather…
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Have local/state common law courts been replaced with federal martial/maritime courts in the US?
A colleague recently shared An Open Letter to Sheriff Ward of Harney County Oregon - and to All County Sheriffs in America from Judge Anna
This letter makes a number of claims, among which:
Common Law courts have been mostly shut down and replaced…
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