893 statements
1271 justifications
1151 verifications
Statements Related to A 1986 US law practically decrees that computer programmers cannot be independent entrepreneurs
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The City Attorney (Carmen A. Trutanich) and Law Enforcement officials are trying to increase raids and regulation of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Los Angeles
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In 1977 Iowa prosecutors passed prosecuting a white suspect (the brother-in-law of the fire captain) who was seen at the murder scene for conspiring and framing a black boy unrelated to the crime. They successfully coached witnesses and put him away for 35 years.
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The US pledge of allegiance did not contain the words "under god" until 1954 when the Catholic organization Knights of Columbus lobbied congress to add the language by law
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The US has passed a law requiring it to support Israel
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Sharia law is dangerous
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The body of e-mails is safer from law enforcement scrutiny than the addresses and subject
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US law enforcement backdoor entry into Gmail enabled Chinese hackers to access the system
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The Apple iPad is suited to unsophisticated computer users
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US federal criminal law forbids torture
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DEA is busting marijuana growers despite President Obama's promise that the federal government would not pursue those in compliance with state law
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Federal criminal law only forbids the commission of torture outside the United States
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American law does not rely upon biblical law
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Senator Patrick Moynihan, D-NY, introduced and passed a tax law that seriously inhibited the ability of computer programmers to work as independent contracters, all in order to give IBM a tax break for its overseas operations
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The Constitution of the Confederate States of America explicitly provided that no law would be passed to deny or impair property in slaves
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Jim Crow common law (e.g., racially restrictive covenants) prevented blacks from freely buying property until 1948
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An Oklahoma law protects doctors from lawsuits for lieing to patients when doing so might prevent the patient from aborting a fetus
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In the U.S. a different law applies to the poor as applies to the rich
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Adherants of the "sovereign citizen" theory have killed 8 law enforcement officers in the United States between Jan. 2008 and Dec. 2010
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The common law of agency dictates that one authorized by another to make statements on behalf of the latter does make statements for the latter
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Recent law graduates are increasingly starting solo practices
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Ken Thompson advocated criminalizing unauthorized computer access
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The 1033 Program allows local and state U.S. law enforcement agencies to receive left-over fedreral military equipment
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The federal government is paramilitarizing local and state US law enforcement agencies
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The federal government is making local and state US law enforcement agencies more dangerous towards their public
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The federal government is making local and state US law enforcement agencies less capable of performing their work
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The federal governments 1033 program has transferred $2.6B worth of military equipment to local and state law enforcement agencies since 1997
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Old testamaent biblical law requires that a person who kills another person be put to death
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Biblical old testament law requires that if someone cause a mother to miscarry that the person pay a fine, but does not require that the person be put to death
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Old testament biblical law does not see a fetus as a person
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