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Would a Surrogate Parent's Right to Abortion Supersede Parental Rights?

Would a Surrogate Parent's Right to Abortion Supersede Parental Rights? Under the Hague Convention, Parental Rights are determined via the last shared and well-settled intents of the parents. (At ...
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Could the USA abandon common law?

I understand that the USA has a "common law" system and that ambiguous written legislation is turned into unambiguous law by courts, such as has happened in many famous Supreme Court rulings....
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Is it illegal to report a potentially illegal website to a message board (Reddit)?

As a hypothetical question, I've accidentally stumbled upon a website that may contain illegal underaged material. Due to a lapse in judgement, I posted/reported this to Law-based Reddit forum to let ...
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Can a LGBT person sue the parents of a child who refuses to sell lemonade to them?

According to Wikipedia, running a lemonade stand is a business. If a child has been instructed by his/her parents not to sell lemonade to a LGBT person, can the LGBT person sue the child's parents ...
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Can a Federal Actor, through coercion, or by the omission of information, force a U.S. citizen to waive a state-given Constitutional right?

Can a Federal Actor, through the use of coercion, or by the omission of information, force a U.S. citizen to waive a state-given Constitutional right? Specifically: On the date of March 19, 2010, an ...
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Is there any federal law in the US that protects its citizens from police harassment? Or is it up to the states [duplicate]

Can police officers legally stop and ask you for your id (not driving, but cycling cross country) or question you about your travels (where are you going, why.. etc) if they cannot articulate any ...
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What are the legal requirements in the United States for being recognized under federal law as "white" or a "white" person?

Primary resource: [Hefny v. _ (1997) (citation needed, appears to have been dismissed by the U.S. District Court)] Secondary sources: Egyptian Immigrant Wants to be Reclassified as Black Race, ...
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Threat of fines in excess of allowable law, PA State Constitution, and US Constitution

Background: I own a historic building in a small town in Pennsylvania. My property as well as the house behind it and others were cited as significant historical properties as examples that allowed ...
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How can a civil judge override the jury's award?

In a civil case in which the jury decides an award for the plaintiff, under what circumstances and with what limits can a judge reduce this award? Does this implicate either the 6th or 7th Amendments?...
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Does the 14th Amendment give people the liberty to break laws and constitutions?

Are laws and constitutions themselves a violation of the 14th amendment? Can the government deprive people of their liberty to use drugs for recreational use, hire prostitutes, gamble, etc? Any law ...
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Is the bible used by judges?

When making a decision, can a judge use the bible or must he go strictly by the statutes?