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If I live in the US can I be prosecuted for answers describing illegal activities?
The internet allows for some level of anonymity and occasionally you will find posts that give detailed descriptions of how to perform an activity that is illegal. Examples may include how to covertly grow marijuana, or swindle money.
If I live in…
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Is it illegal to discriminate against refugees or immigrants based on their religion?
If you live in the U.S, or you keep up with U.S politics, you've probably heard how state governors aren't allowing Syrian refugees into their states, and some politicians only want to allow Christan refugees into the U.S. This led me to wonder, is…
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Is it illegal in Switzerland to download scientific books from sci-hub?
In a thread on Academia.se, we are discussing the legality of using Sci-hub in Switzerland; for instance, for a university student to download articles used to write their thesis.
This document mentions that
The use of Sci-Hub, however, is not…
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Why would Twitter not be able to flag / annotate / censor any content it sees fit?
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-preventing-online-censorship/
As I understand it, the 1st amendment is to protect 'free speech' from government censorship, not platform censorship. Is this not correct? In others…
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US law: what exact time is a person considered legally 18?
Say a person was born at noon on January 1st, 2000. Under US law, what is the exact time that person legally turns 18? Is it the midnight before January 1st 2018, or the midnight after, or noon, or something else?
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What are the circumstances that require disclosure of an old legal name, when the name change case has been sealed?
I've previously had my name changed in a district court in the state of Utah. The case was filed as an adult name change and the case itself was order sealed by the judge who heard it. All of my identification has been changed to reflect this fact,…
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Not registering my US born child of 1 US parent as a US citizen
I, a US citizen, married my wife, from EU country (not Britain), in the US. We live in the US while my wife finishes school (2-3 years) on an F1 visa and then plan to move to back to the EU. My wife will give birth to our child in the US, but I…
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Where are non-binary and intersex prisoners kept?
I have been racking my brain trying to figure this out.
When a non-binary character has to be imprisoned, how is the correctional facility determined since most if not all are binary?
My particular interest is on intersex, genderfluid, and agender…
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Sue newspaper or the reporter for libel?
Are there any reasons to only sue a newspaper (the corporation) for libel and not the individual reporter who libeled you?
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Bought a book that is in the public domain ... but the T&A of company says I can't redistribute it
I purchased an ebook that I'm 100% sure is in the public domain (published in 70's, no copyright notice or copyright reg with us office).
However, the company I bought the ebook from has this in their terms and agreements that I had to agree to…
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Is Stack Exchange allowed to unilaterally change previously published content license?
The original thread can be found here: Stack Exchange and Stack Overflow are moving to CC BY-SA 4.0
As far as I understand, Stack Exchange can move on to CC BY-SA 4.0 for content published in the future, but they are not allowed to unilaterally…
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Can a business put a specific cancel-by date into a contract?
I attended a gym in Michigan and canceled my membership on 8/28/19. I paid month to month and was under no long term contract. Even though I moved and haven't visited the gym since 8/17/19, I'm being charged for the entire month of September. My…
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When translating the law, who ensures that the wording does not change the meaning of the law?
Background
The United States has no official language and has Federal Law based off the Constitution and derived from the English System. Most of the Law in the United States is written in English, since most people in the United States speak…
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Can you be convicted for being a murderer twice?
Germany has this weird specialty¹ in its criminal law's murder paragraph. While most paragraphs say something like “The person who does A is punished with B”, the murder paragraph (“Strafgesetzbuch § 211”) reads²:
The murderer is punished with…
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What needs to be done if I'm inheriting a gun?
My grandfather recently died and I was asked by my dad and his siblings if I wanted my grandfather's .22 rifle. I agreed, but have no idea what to do to legally take possession of the gun.
My assumption is that it's registered with the state of…
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