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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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What is the penalty for illegitimate quoting?
From an Australian perspective.
In his Boyer Lecture broadcast on Human Rights Day - 10 December - 2000, the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, Murray Gleeson, observed that "the Australia …
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Can the government ban a substance made entirely out of other legal substances?
Yes, it can
First, your argument is scientifically vacuous - Sodium and Chlorine are highly dangerous substances - Sodium bursts into flame on exposure to air and Chlorine is both toxic and corrosive. …
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Husband and his parents causing problems for a family member. Options?
This is Domestic Violence: if often but not always includes "all acts of physical, sexual, psychological or economic violence."
What legal recourse does she have?
She can report it to the police …
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Where do an Assistant Attorney General's (AAG's) loyalties lie?
In almost all states of the US, the Attorney General is the chief law enforcement officer of the jurisdiction as well as being the government's chief lawyer. Assistant attorney generals occupy the nex …
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What determines jurisdiction when two people litigate in federal court?
First and foremost, for a court to be involved there must be a dispute; that is something the parties cannot resolve between themselves.
Would this matter be litigated in California or New York? Woul …
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Smoking on a public sidewalk?
There is no public property on private land; there is private property where the public has implicit permission to be for legitimate purposes - shoppers in a shopping mall, visitors and residents in a …
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Legality surrounding impersonating a Federal Employee
Firs, at law, all of the things you name are "something of value", the ability to go places and do things you normally couldn't go or do is valuable.
However it doesn't matter. The actual crime is 18 …
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Which crime is done or law violated when a person pushes other to commit suicide?
The crime exists in Australia - it’s called murder.
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Can someone from the United States go to a foreign country with a degree from an unaccredite...
They would call it quackery - you would not be arrested for fraud provided you did not use it in a way designed to mislead.
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What is the difference between a "Natural" person and an "Artificial" / "Legal" person?
Legal persons include (subject to particular jurisdiction):
natural persons,
cooperatives,
corporations,
unincorporated associations,
partnerships,
companies (which includes corporations but can als …
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Is it legal for websites to keep Logs of a persons billing information after it's deleted fr...
Yes, it’s legal.
Every privacy law everywhere allows keeping data for legally mandated purposes - billing records are necessary for, among other things, tax laws, so they can be kept.
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Do Credit card companies actually sue over large debts? California
You will almost certainly be sued
For a small amount like this they would use junior lawyers and while the suit may take a while I’d be surprised if a lawyer spent a week all up on such a simple case …
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In the US, can a manufacturer enforce how their products are used?
No
It's your device, you can do what you like with it (subject to the law - you can't hit people with it. Unless they want to be hit: whatever turns you on, turns you on).
However, if you do operate …
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New Internet Company is trying to make me pay double for the same service
What does your contract say?
If it says (as I suspect) that they can cancel the plan after some period of notice, then they can cancel the plan after some period of notice.
You can shop around for a …
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History and purpose of "Train Wrecking" prohibition in US federal law
The law was first promulgated on June 8, 1940
By the 76th Congress. The original text is here.
It doesn’t seem to be a particularly important piece of legislation and I can find commentary on it and …
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