Questions tagged [united-states]
For questions specific to the United States as a whole, or that span multiple state jurisdictions. If your question is related to a specific state then you should use that state's tag instead (or as well).
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Are Military Courts Bound by Executive-branch Legal Determinations?
Some lawmakers recently released a viral video telling military personnel that they have a duty to disobey unlawful orders. At issue is a recent series of lethal boat strikes on civilian targets, ...
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Are flat-fee arrangements for divorce representation permissible, and how must unearned portions be handled if the engagement ends early?
In U.S. jurisdictions, are flat-fee agreements for divorce representation generally permitted under professional responsibility rules?
If so, how do rules treat the fee when the attorney is discharged ...
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Committing a crime under police orders
It's generally impossible to know if a police's order is lawful, and gambling on its legality is a good way to get arrested. Imagine some hypotheticals, ranging in plausibility from realistic to ...
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Not detained but not free to go
By my understanding, there are three levels of contact one can have with the police:
Consensual contact where the police have requested to talk to the subject but do not have any special power over ...
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Is there a difference in military court proceedings that would make it easier to convict the "seditious" congress members?
The US Department of War has announced that it will be launching an investigation into former Navy member Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), over his recent participation in a video with five other congress ...
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What is the power of the purse?
In this video a Supreme Court Justice is asked what the Supreme Court would do if the President defies its orders. She says the Supreme Court lacks the power of the sword and the power of the purse.
I ...
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How long can a bank reclaim money from a deposited check?
I get a check and deposit into my bank account, or make a new account just for that money.
Unknown if the check is iffy, so I do not touch the money, just leave it in the account.
How long does the ...
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Can my parent take away my property [closed]
I have 3 items, a dollar that was gifted to me by a loved one that is not family and holds significant personal value, a polaroid of me amd my long distance girlfriend which she paid for and gave to ...
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Does the "right to repair" law in the U.S., when that applies to smartphones, allow rooting the phone?
Sometimes the pre-installed software conflicts with one or more apps I've installed and use. To fix the situation, the pre-installed software (bloatware) needs to be disabled or uninstalled. ...
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Is it theft if a person takes an item they believed was free?
A few examples where this may come up:
Many restaurants have a bowl near the door full of mints for patrons to take as they leave. If the restaurant had a sign on the back of the bowl saying "...
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On Ambiguities in Defining a Married Person in the US Code of Law
According to the US Code of Law the following holds:
For the purposes of any Federal law, rule, or regulation in which marital status is a factor, an individual shall be considered married if that ...
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What law (if any) is broken when an item is made available for stealing by another unidentified person?
Long ago, I became frustrated ideologically with the practice of selling menstrual products in vending machines. My school had made some of the machines free, but others still took quarters, which I ...
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Recusal/removal of a judge
Every now and then one hears of some corrupt judge being removed for one reason or the other. I have participated in litigation where one of the participating judges (the first one) was jailed and ...
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What does it mean to not know something you should know?
The Marshall Islands have instituted Universal Basic Income via a cryptocurrency stablecoin. This requires the use of the Lomalo wallet. In the terms of service they say:
You agree to:
Not use ...
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What does "rooted" mean?
The Marshall Islands have instituted Universal Basic Income via a cryptocurrency stablecoin. This requires the use of the Lomalo wallet. In the terms of service they say:
You agree to:
Not use ...
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