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Why does the First Amendment apply to states?
The First Amendment doesn't say "No one can restrict free speech" - it says "Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech."
You could interpret it as saying, "Congress cannot restrict free speech, but a private company like…
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Is it really legal to knowingly lie in public as a public figure?
It's recently been revealed (by himself, even) that the famous business man and Shark Tank member Kevin O'Leary actually does own Bitcoin, and that he bought them in 2017. Ever since, until recently, he's been publicly mocking it, calling it a…
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What if you and a restaurant can't agree on who is at fault for a credit card issue?
This question established that, if a restaurant is suddenly unable to take all credit cards, and you don't have cash, then it is not a criminal matter and the debt would just be resolved through civil methods.
On the other hand, if you went to a…
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Does the United States' Fourth Amendment cover privacy violations by private corporations?
For the sake of contrast, consider the wording of the First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right…
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Do US presidential pardons include the cancellation of financial punishments?
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/20/anthony-levandowski-pardoned-after-stealing-trade-secrets-from-google.html says:
Anthony Levandowski pardoned after stealing trade secrets from Google
In August, Levandowski was sentenced to 18 months in prison for…
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Bright-line or Litmus Test for Sedition?
The media is crediting Donald Trump, Giuliani and Trump's son with inciting the protesters to march from the Ellipse to and breach the Capitol building on 6 January 2021, interrupting the electoral college finalization.
Is there a bright line or…
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Could the GoDaddy employee self-phishing test constitute a breach of contract?
Recently, GoDaddy executed a self-phishing test against its own employees. The message that employees received said that they could claim their holiday bonus by submitting their contact details on some website:
From: Happyholiday@Godaddy.com
Date:…
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Does the first amendment protect children forced to receive a religious education?
Many parents "force" their children to receive religious education. Does the children's U.S. First Amendment right to freedom of religion allow them to get the police to stop their parents from doing this sort of thing? Or do First Amendment rights…
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Can someone be charged with the murder of unidentified victims?
I've been watching "Des", ITV's dramatisation of the arrest and trial of serial killer Dennis Nielsen. The police seem desperate to identify the names of the victims, despite having the bodies of the victims and ample evidence of Nielsen's guilt. …
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Am I obligated to decrypt lots of data for GDPR requests?
I am providing a B2B service where customer data of businesses are stored in an SQL table.
As I never need to query for this personal data, the data at rest there is asymmetrically encrypted with the associated businesses public key.
Since the…
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Is there an EU regulation mandating companies' IT equipment to be changed every three months?
I had visited with my university a Greek IT company that specializes in refurbishing used computers and peripherals. The executive that toured us had mentioned that there is an EU regulation that requires companies to change their "computerization…
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Are computer programs copyrightable work?
If the platform is not open-source, is the computer program copyrightable?
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What are "freemen of the land" or "sovereign citizen" theories and do they hold any water?
Various questions so far have asked about the constitutionality, or not, of various freemen theories, which include "Fourteenth Amendment" citizens and is quite possibly a variant of the Sovereign Citizen movement.
Essentially, these are theories…
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How can Edward Snowden be denied a jury trial?
Is the US right to a trial by jury a conditional right which can be revoked preemptively?
It was my understanding the US Constitution allowed anyone accused of a crime to be judged by a peer jury. However, Edward Snowden would not be allowed to…
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Is lying to get "gardening leave" fraud?
A group of my friends was celebrating one of our group securing a new job, and he was complaining about having to continue working at his old job for his 3 month notice period, we started discussing humorous ways that he could force his company to…
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