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Do warranty disclaimers in software licenses carry any legal weight?
Most open source software licenses contain, in capital letters, the following disclaimer:
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS…
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Is a weapon still considered concealed if I prominently advertise its existence?
Suppose I carry a weapon that's perfectly hidden from view, so that no one would know I had it if I didn't tell them. However, I also wear a t-shirt with big, bold text printed on it:
"I AM CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON"
Does the law still consider…
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Why does the ninth amendment carry so much less weight than the other bill of rights amendments?
Amongst the bill of rights, the ninth amendment seems like somewhat of a black sheep-- the consequences of basically all the other bill of rights amendments are regularly discussed in the context of the modern day, with the possible exception of the…
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How can Rupert Murdoch be having a problem changing the beneficiaries of his trust?
I do not understand how Rupert Murdoch could be having problems (and a court fight) trying to change the beneficiaries of his (living) trust. Isn't it standard to include provisions in trust documents that allow the trustee or grantor to change the…
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Is it a crime to testify under oath with something that is strictly speaking true, but only strictly?
In 1804, US vice president Aaron Burr killed former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
Wiki gives the following description of the events on the day of the duel.
In the early morning of July 11, 1804, Burr and Hamilton departed…
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Is it defamatory to publish nonsense under somebody else's name?
Imagine that a supposedly academic journal intentionally publishes an AI-generated article which is full of claims which are easily verifiable nonsense to any expert in the field. The article is published under the name of a real academic who works…
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Who pays for the damages caused by the government attempting to enforce a preempted or unconstitutional law?
Some laws are obviously contradicted by higher laws, such as bills of attainder being prohibited explicitly by the US constitution.
Say some level of government (state, federal, or local) ignores this and passes a bill of attainder anyway: "Jimantha…
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If everyone in the Senate is drunk, does that invalidate their actions?
Say that the Senate, House, and President decide to drink themselves to the point when you wake up next to someone and have no idea what they did last night to end up that way. And for some reason they decided to pass a law at the time.
Is that a…
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What is the status (and value) of the day’s unsold newspapers being put out for collection by the paper boy?
Abdul’s news and wine gets a delivery of the next day’s papers overnight and he then puts the stack of unsold papers out on the pavement before closing for the publisher to collect and then destroy. When the papers are current, they are sold for £3…
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Is it illegal for King Charles not to vote in Australia?
Australians are required to vote. King Charles is the head of state of Australia and should be Australian. He does not vote in elections.
Thus, is he violating Australian law?
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Is it legal to bribe a private eye?
Suppose I ask a private eye to find out if my wife is having an affair, they do, and she pays them to keep quiet. Is this against the law of my wife and the private investigator?
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If I use stolen money to gamble, do I get to keep the winnings?
If a person were to steal $10,000 from a convenience store and gamble with it, winning $500,000.
And later they were caught, would the government only claw back the $10,000 or also the $500,000?
Would there be any legal way of "saving the ill-gotten…
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Why does Double Jeopardy apply if you confess?
If you were tried for murder and acquitted - then you go out and publicly admit that they were wrong, you did actually murder that person. Where is the justice in not being able to be tried again in those circumstances? There is now no doubt that…
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Is a thumbs-up emoji considered as legally binding agreement in the United States?
I read that a thumbs-up emoji considered as legally binding agreement in Canada. Is a thumbs-up emoji considered as legally binding agreement in the United States?
If state-specific, I am mostly interested in California and Washington state.
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Does attorney-client privilege apply when lawyers are fraudulent about credentials?
If a person goes to another person for legal advice and the person is deceitful in some way about being a lawyer, does attorney-client privilege still apply?
For instance, maybe the person does not quite know what a real diploma from Harvard Law…
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