Questions tagged [sovereignty]
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Which Canadian laws forbids the construction of a 400-mile pipeline within Wet’suwet’en lands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aljg-k4vLJo
The occupation started in September and halted the company’s efforts
to build a key portion of the over 400-mile pipeline within
Wet’suwet’en lands that ...
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Liability in Loudoun county rapes [closed]
This is about the rapes in Loudoun schools perpetrated by a biological boy self-identified as a transgender girl. After he raped the first teenage girl, he was transferred into another school, where ...
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Can the US Congress or Executive unilaterally change interstate compacts after they're established?
There are some notable compacts such as the Great Lakes compact, Atlantic Fisheries compact, etc… that seem to require a large amount of authority to enforce in practice.
Theoretically it makes sense ...
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What happens if two EEZs overlap?
I have a simple question, actually two, that I've searched for a good answer about. I'm looking at the disputes in the South China Sea.
First, what happens if two Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) ...
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Can a government be bought?
This is more of a thought experiment, but can a government choose to list itself on the market and be bought? For example, if I somehow make a deal with a country's government, can I assume their ...
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When in court, how do you determine when to push the rules aside and make up your own?
I don't know any other way to ask it. I have recently been told that when you are in traffic court there are no references to federal law and to try to use federal law would be considered "pseudo ...
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Sovereign immunity and recovering seized property
Can sovereign immunity defeat an attempt to recover seized property? For instance, if a cop seizes some cash asserting that it is "drug money", and the owner sues to recover it, can the ...
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Is the government of China immune from lawsuits by states and individuals in the US?
Some US states and individuals are suing China over the coronavirus.
Is China immune from such lawsuits due to sovereign immunity, or does such immunity only apply to the US government?
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Are there examples of US lawsuits succeeding (in bypassing FSIA) against a political party of another country?
In an interesting attempt to side-step the sovereign immunity set out in FSIA, the AG of Missouri sued the Chinese Communist Party over Covid-19:
On Tuesday [Apr 20?], Missouri’s attorney general ...
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Is there any country which would allow one of its territories to declare sovereignty on its own?
Usually when the question is whether a part of a sovereign state could form its own sovereign state, the answer is always that there is no such mechanism but if the currently sovereign state decided ...
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Could I build an island in the Pacific ocean and claim the throne?
If I construct an island in the middle of the Pacific ocean (not within any country's water territories) could I claim sovereignty?
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Was the Dec. 2018 arrest of Huawei's CFO in Canada legal?
Meng Wanzhou, the CFO of the Chinese company Huawei was recently arrested in Canada, and is facing extradition to the US, allegedly on charges of breaking violating U.S. sanctions on Iran.
The thing ...
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Are Native American tribes considered part of the United States?
What is the principle of Tribal Sovereignty? Does it mean that Native American tribes are not part of the United States?
Thank you.
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Could one buy a whole country?
Imagine a billionaire who is obsessed with the idea of running his own country. The size and geo location does not matter much. What matters is full sovereignty and international recognition.
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What can person A not authorize person B to do which A can do on their own?
In the US, there are many things a person has the right to do. Regarding these things, what actions are legal for person A to do but which would be illegal for person B to do even if formally ...
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