What is the constitutional jurisdiction?

Shirt version. sec 1 of the amendment is designed to repeal the Dredd Scott decision, which said that slaves were not citizens. This language,...

Is ex post facto or retroactive legal binding

Ex post facto laws are forbidden by the Constitution. Congress can make laws retroactive, however. The difference is that Congress may not pass...

You can sue, but you're not going to win, and you'll be out filing fees. Or if you win, you won't collect much if anything. You don't say your...

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Can you be put in handcuffs and taken to juvi/jail without a charge and then be let go because they never had anything?

Obvious nothing on this site is legal advice. We are merely addressing questions about what we think the law says, not advising people on how to...

As others have said, you should be able to read what the order permits or prohibits you from doing from the face on the order. If you have...

What is the legal definition of discrimination toward an employee? my bosses are acting in questionable ways to me.

Roughly, it's taking adverse employment action, treating an employee worse because of her membership in a Title VII protected class (sex (and...

Would this constitute as a reason for a case to be thrown out? There's a difference in what happened then what paperwork says?

This is what you call a conflict in the evidence to be resolved by the finder of fact. The video evidence is not unlikely to impeach the particular...

Many, not all, states have stop and identify statutes. My state, Illinois, is one. These statutes sptypically say something like, if the police...

How much can a lawyer get for representing a client in a Color of law Suit? Constitutional rights violated by Police Officer.

Under the federal civil rights fee shifting statute, sec. 1988, a prevailing party, meaning one who has won anything at all in a lawsuit, can be...

It's never a violation of the law to bring a good faith legal claim and attempt to vindicate what you honestly think are your legal rights by legal...