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Are judges immune from prosecution of crimes committed while acting as a judge?
Discussing the civil lawsuit to Hans Reiser's murder conviction, Wikipedia states:
"Judges ... are immune to lawsuits regarding their official conduct."
In the United States, is that true? Surely, if a judge colludes, conspires, or otherwise rigs…
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Are there any remedies for abusive or insulting behavior by agents executing a search warrant?
Suppose I am a particular person who maintains a clean and orderly residence. I have a sign inside my front door asking visitors to put booties over their shoes before entry. Now some LEOs show up with a search warrant for the residence. Is there…
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Am I legally able to use lethal force against a police officer in defense of another?
Hypothetically, let's say I come across a police officer about to discharge his firearm at a person laying face down on the ground, hands in my clear view, clearly (to me) unarmed and apparently complying with the officer's instructions. Am I…
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Can an employee demand an exorbitant sum for vital work?
Here's a hypothetical situation:
Alice is the sole software engineer at Bob's company.
Bob notices a software bug and asks Alice to fix it. He tells her that the bug is costing the company $100,000/day.
Alice realizes that it would only take her…
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Terminated employee will not help the company locate its truck
Consider the following hypothetical situation. Joe is an employee of Quality trucking company. Joe drives a tractor trailer for the company. The tractor trailer is owned by
the company.
The company is unhappy with Joe as an employee. One day, while…
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Does consumer protection cover price changes at point of sale?
Just now I booked a flight on booking.com in the following sequence:
The flight was listed as £460
I went through the entire purchase procedure and entered bank details
I went through 2FA to authorise the payment on my banking app on my phone. This…
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Do armed residents engaging in self-defense count as civilians during armed conflict?
Resident T does not hold any official position in an armed group
An Army or a militia from a foreign country not recognized by T's country, enters T's neighborhood.
T attempts to defend his neighborhood and is subsequently killed.
Was T a civilian…
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What's the legal basis for a judge voiding Elon Musk's pay package?
Recently a judge in Delaware voided Elon Musk's contracted pay package with Tesla. Here's a sample story about it:
CNBC - Elon Musk’s $56 billion Tesla compensation voided by judge, shares slide
And the court's post-trial opinion (January 30,…
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Can one be liable for poisoning food one expects to be stolen?
A friend of mine posted about how someone keeps stealing her food at work, and I recommended she lace it with some insanely hot hot sauce. Someone else commented that she could be liable for poisoning someone if she did that.
The thief is already…
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A car catches fire in a carpark. The resulting fire spreads destroying the entire carpark. Who is liable?
A car catches fire in a multi-story carpark. The fire spreads quickly from the car, igniting nearby vehicles, leading to a raging inferno that causes the collapse of the carpark. All the cars parked in the facility are damaged beyond economic…
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Why did CJ Roberts apply the Fourteenth Amendment to Harvard, a private school?
In Justice Roberts's ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v.
Harvard College overturning affirmative action in the United States, he holds that "Harvard’s and UNC’s admissions programs violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth…
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Do cats have a "right to roam" in the UK?
I've seen numerous sources, including the RSPCA, making claims along the lines that cats in the UK have a "right to roam", are "free spirits", and therefore that cat owners cannot be held liable for their cat's actions that cause damage. However,…
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Can a private person deceive a defendant to obtain evidence?
In the 2019 movie "Badla" (spoilers ahead), Naina was accused of committing a murder in the UK, and her trial is in London. She denies the accusation. Her clever lawyer Badal arrives and they have a three hour conversation going over all the details…
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It is really illegal to plug in a device to watch BBC iPlayer or Live TV in a Starbucks?
Please note: it is unlawful to plug in your device in our stores if you are watching live TV or downloading or watching programmes on demand on BBC iPlayer.By using the WiFi, you agree to the terms of use
This is the warning that appears in…
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High School forced labor for grades?
I have a friend in a high school computer science course in Texas. This is a course required for graduation and is not a volunteer thing. Apparently, the teacher is having the students develop an official app that the school intends to eventually…
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