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Do courts generally run at a loss, run at a profit, or generally break even?
Pursuant to a previous question, about a case where the courts seem to have incurred a significant loss in hearing it, what is the general/average position?
For example, many types of routines matters may be decided in a 5 or 10 minute hearing…
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How often do people who make complaints that lead to acquittals face repercussions for making false complaints?
In response to a recent question and others related to it, it appears that defendants who are found guilty, despite lying, are rarely punished further apart from the conviction.
However, what happens if the allegations are found to be patently…
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Is lying at all in a testimony considered perjury?
Say Bob was murdered at a coffee shop, and Jerry was a witness at the scene. At the trial, he is under oath, and gives his testimony. In his testimony, he explicitly claims that he was watching America's Funniest Home Videos up to the point when the…
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What incentive does an arbitrator in retail or labor cases have to rule for the plaintiff?
When a customer or employee goes to mandated arbitration, the arbitrator is paid by the defendant; the arbitrator, or a body that picks the arbitrator, is also chosen by the defendant.
I have seen it said that they more often rule in favor of the…
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Is the term "evil" defined in law?
An infamous clause found occasionally in software licenses is:
The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.
This clause has been discussed in many places, including Software Engineering Stack Exchange and Open Source Stack Exchange.
While a lot…
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What happens with the ownership of land where the landowner no longer exists?
When the houses in my area in England were built, a small patch of land remained unused / not build on. This was about 50 years ago. While all other land was sold off with the houses, this patch of land remained to be owned by the company that build…
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Has any law failed a test of rational basis?
Has any federal or state law ever been struck down because it had no rational basis, in a case where that was the standard for constitutionality?
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Can a crime victim sue the prosecutor that prosecuted the crime?
This is an unusual situation, probably not what you are expecting.
A few years ago, my addicted son would demand money from his mother (my wife) while I was at work. She would say no, but he wouldn't take no for an answer. He always had a excuse for…
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I am a US citizen but have never lived in the US. Who is my Congress member?
This seemed like the most appropriate SE site to ask this question. If you can think of anywhere better please feel free to migrate it there.
I was born outside the United States to American parents, and am therefore a US citizen (social security…
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What is the purpose of not having jury trials for juveniles?
In the US, there is no right to trial by jury in juvenile court. I don't remember the SCOTUS case where that was decided, but IIRC the basis of the decision was that violations committed by juveniles are not "crimes," and therefore do not fall under…
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In the US are new product safety features implemented by manufacturers ipso facto proof that they were aware their earlier products were unsafe?
I've been reading up on features to make table saws safer and in one forum there was a post that said, basically, manufacturers have had no incentive to license a table-saw safety device from the inventor because doing so would only increase their…
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Is Kali Linux's "Undercover" mode legal?
Kali Linux, a Linux distribution for ethical hackers and penetration testers, has an "Undercover" mode that makes its UI look like Windows 10. It copies the desktop background, Windows logo Start menu icon, and the overall look and feel of the UI.…
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Do countries (with rule of law) exist where a court can require the legislature to vote on a law in order to clear ambiguities?
I thought of this due to Roe V. Wade being recently overturned. From my understanding, (and if I am mistaken, then just take this as a hypothetical) it is not clear to everyone whether the constitution allows states to limit the right to abortions.…
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Are foreign consulates located in the United States considered foreign territory when it comes to abortion laws?
My friend and I got into a debate whether a woman could step into a foreign consulate, take an abortion pill, then leave without fear of prosecution if abortion is illegal in the State where she resides. (More of a hypothetical question considering…
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Placebo doping in sport
It is illegal in most sports to take any of a list of banned performance-enhancing substances. There are governing bodies across sport to enforce these restrictions.
If an athlete were to honestly believe that they were taking such a substance,…
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