Questions tagged [civil-rights]
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Can a business in the US allow only customers who are provably citizens of foreign countries?
It would require that customers provide proof of foreign citizenship — a green card, visa, or foreign passport, and would not bar US dual citizens as long as they could prove citizenship in another ...
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Could the proposed ban on extreme protest groups be considered a collective punishment?
There is an article reporting a new proposal to ban extreme protest groups. It states in the pertinent parts:
Protest groups such as Just Stop Oil and Palestine Action could be
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Can police lie about your rights?
If you ask a police person a question about your rights can they lie? Are they allowed to remain silent when you ask them a question about your rights?
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Is it ethical for Victims Advocates to Be Paid By District Attorney Offices [closed]
I recently spent 2.5 years tied up in a case as a sexual assault victim. Since I had been intoxicated at the time I only had the knowledge that this person was over me and with his pants down, I asked ...
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Do student aid and tax-exemption qualify as "Federal financial assistance" in the sense of the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 stipulates (emphasis by me):
No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the ...
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How might I defend or promote more legal allowance to lie down in public? [closed]
I am a person with a history of intermittent homelessness, due to a combination of factors, some part of which being a personal interest in frugality, generally low standards or needs for material ...
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Are there penalties for someone who films you without your permission? [duplicate]
If someone films you in passing, is there any action that can reasonably be taken, if you did not want to be filmed and they did not ask for permission?
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What if Miranda rights aren't read?
So I know that it's not quite like you see in TV and movies where a dead-to-rights murderer or rapist will just walk free because the arresting officer forgot to read their rights during the arrest. ...
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I was asked to leave a store for no reason,then employee snatched item out my hand that belonged to me, I was the ordered out of the store,legal? [closed]
I went to the store to return a item but I didn't have the correct receipt,so continued into the store to purchase other items.The Mgr came up to me and told me to leave the store, I asked him why?He ...
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Arrested for trespassing in church open to public [closed]
A friend in WA State was recently arrested and indicted for criminal trespassing at a church. Video evidence is clear: no disruption. No outstanding warrants nor trespass. A member of the church said ...
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Was the recent ruling against Jordan Peterson an infringement of his free speech?
From what I've gathered, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson was taken to court by the College of Psychologists of Ontario on complaints of professional misconduct. This was based on him making public statements (...
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Legality of Housing Reparations
Evanston, IL is offering $25,000 grants for housing costs to black residents who owned homes before 1969, but denies assistance to Asian, Hispanic, or white residents.
My impression is that the Civil ...
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May my business notify Christians that we won't serve them?
Hypothetically, suppose that I own and operate a small business in Colorado which expresses artwork for clients and that I do not want to express Christian concepts because I am a Satanist. Might it ...
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What does it mean to "prefer" a lawsuit, and how is it different from filing?
In an article quoted by a recent Skeptics.SE answer, there is the following sentence:
We had preferred but couldn't file a lawsuit because no boy presented himself as a plaintiff for admission to the ...
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Can employment contracts force all litigation into arbitration?
Is it legal for an employment contract to stipulate that all litigation from the employee towards the employer must be in the form of arbitration or do you have the right to litigate in the court ...
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