Law & Ethics - July 2007

Is this possible and if so please elaborate. I was under the impression that this would be considered double jeapordy.

2007-07-19 06:30:42 · 6 answers · asked by Red 2

Republican Rep. Jeff Flake of Arizona, questioned Democratic Rep. Peter J. Visclosky of Indiana on the House floor Tuesday about whether the Center for Instrumented Critical Infrastructure actually exists – since they were about to be appropriated over a million tax dollars. Rep. Flake asked Rep.Visclosky, "Does the center currently exist?"
Visclosky, who chairs the spending subcommittee responsible for the project said, "At this time, I do not know," but the Indiana Democrat assured, "But if it does not exist, the monies could not go to it." {Now THAT IS re-assuring!}
And who could possibly be the sponsor of such an earmark for a corporate entity that at that time had yet to be created…Pennsylvania Democrat John P. Murtha.
A certificate filed with the requested funds says the money is actually earmarked to Concurrent Technologies Corporation, a brief search of campaign finance records shows CTC President and CEO Daniel R. DeVos, has contributed $7,000 to Murtha's reelection campaign. J.P must be slipping! That’s less than a 10% kick back! He demanded more than that during ABSCAM.

2007-07-19 06:19:59 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My wife worked for an individually owned small manufacturing company in Texas. It was owned by a local businedd man and was not a corporation. The office consisted of 2 people plus the warehuose personnel. During her time there, she was never paid on time. Payday was every-other Tuesday but wouldn't get paid until Thursday or Friday of that week. The accounts receivable's were so far behind that if a company didn't pay my wife's company then they had no money to cover payroll. Can anything be done for all the late paychecks received?

Also, she was terminated last Thursday and has just now received her last check yesterday. It was my understanding that an employer has to give you the last check at the time of termination? In addition, the check is significantly less than what it should have been. The owner has no records of hours worked by his employees as required by the DOL.Can we sue for paying us the wrong amount, or not keeping records? I'd like to stick it to this guy!

2007-07-19 06:08:54 · 4 answers · asked by hotrodjrd1997 1

I asked the question regarding a traffic stop involving running a red light and the subsequent discovery of a suspended license.If red light charge is dropped,why cant license charge be dropped under the exclusionary rule?

2007-07-19 05:57:33 · 7 answers · asked by serenity1106 1

az
new rv park managment
says my rent recipt is fake or forged
what are my rights?
the previous manager apperantly was termintated for extortion
and forgery

2007-07-19 05:56:30 · 4 answers · asked by ggqaz 1

"Ignorance of the law is no excuse!" If you ever used the excuse "I didn't know that was a law", you know what I'm talking about. Today, if you don't know things, it's alright. The U.S. has lowered it's standards to allow certain masses of people to advance. This is called "Dummying Down" where I come from.

2007-07-19 05:51:16 · 4 answers · asked by Joseph L 1

for ex:
I bought things for my ex-friend, loan her a lot of money and she won't pay me back, I tried to leave notice under her door, when she found out she start yelling at me, calling me names just because of the notice under her bedroom door. I wanted to seize some of her things until she pays me back.
Would that be a good Idea or would I have to let the police be aware of what I would be doing before hand

2007-07-19 05:51:12 · 11 answers · asked by avle21 2

I have a friend who is a big time gamer and came up with a game controller for Halo that many ppl find to be really good and want. He made a post about finding ppl to help him make the controllers but since Im more into law and history than games I recommended that he get a patent on the controller first before he made orders for ppl so that no one could steal his idea. His really good with technology and I think he should put a patent on his creations so that no one can take credit for what he does. He's sending me the info about it but for anyone out there who knows the law or is a professional, what do you think he should do?

2007-07-19 05:50:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am in the process of building a new home in Oklahoma. the house is about 75% complete. I am having a problem because the contract states I was suppose to have 10ft wide, 8ft tall doors on my garage but the contractor didn't make the ceiling in the garage high enough to do that. Long story short, I only have 10x7 foot doors and there is no way to put a 10x8 because the ceilings are too short. My question is, what are my options? I feel I a owed some sort of compensation for this but don't know how much. I would really rather have the doors the size I ask for than money but don't want to wait months for them to bust out concrete and reframe the entire garage. Any knowledgable suggestions appreciated.

2007-07-19 05:47:56 · 2 answers · asked by John 3

their parents at the age of 17 and become independent NYS.......and maybe move to another state???

2007-07-19 05:45:03 · 9 answers · asked by Poosocks 6

in NY???

2007-07-19 05:43:16 · 6 answers · asked by Poosocks 6

Do you have to tell the employer that you have a disablitiy before your hired to be protected under the law?

2007-07-19 05:38:03 · 4 answers · asked by Hope B 1

Can they legally do this without my consent?

2007-07-19 05:36:12 · 5 answers · asked by kds 1

2007-07-19 05:33:36 · 6 answers · asked by the_pelham_leprechaun 2

Over and over again we have heard women rights movement complain about equality for women in issues such as pay, promotion, and politics. Yet I have rarely heard any complaint from this same group when debra lafave and mary kay letourneau both got house arrests for their first conviction of statutory rape at the expense of any males who may have been 18 and slept with a girl who was a little less than 16 and get nailed with hard time for it on their first offense.

2007-07-19 05:32:24 · 5 answers · asked by NBA Man 1

2007-07-19 05:24:57 · 2 answers · asked by jimmyvstl 1

2007-07-19 05:21:40 · 8 answers · asked by Eden D 1

workers comp is really trying to get me off .They have done this before but this time they lied about the docotors report from my doctor and from there worker comp doctors saying i could also do this job who i have not seen since 2002 .this is a full time 40 hour week i have not been able to do anything with my hands since 1993 they have tryed to send me on plenty of interviews, the interviewers were upset because workers comp lied and sent me there to have a job interview which weas not set up to begin with. Talk about embrasment ,wow, now this is set up by a company who never saw me, heard me ,the company did not wait for any job anyslis from my doctor. so no matter what i want or could do they want me to do this rude, invasion of privercy of other people i hate when they call me and some get nasty too. I can not do that to a person.emotional black mail thats all it is.

2007-07-19 05:13:28 · 3 answers · asked by jane r 1

My father had a medical incident three years ago and has been hospitalized in a coma like symptom since then. Before his incident, he owes a lot of money to his credit cards. We've gotten a lot of letters and phone calls from his credit cards, collections agencies, and lawyers over the years to settle the debts. We did nothing but to ignore them over the years. But lately, one of the collection agencies/lawyer decided to bring my father to court and threatening to take all his asset if he doesn't respond. Reality is he's not able to respond to it. Their threat of taking his asset is not much of a threat either because none of our assets are under my father's name,except a joint bank account with my mother, which is not much.

My question are:
None of those debts have my mother's name in it. Can they legally go after my mother if we continue to ignore them? (We live in NJ and NY)

How can we get them off our back?

2007-07-19 04:57:18 · 5 answers · asked by beefdotcom 1

Ok so i got scammed on Craigslist, looking for a roommate, and got f*cked out of about 8,000 dollars. I'm 20 and live on my own and pay for my own college. Is there anyway i can get my money back?! The company is based in Nigeria. I have already talked to my bank (bank of america) and they cannot help me, they do not cover that "TYPE" of fraud. Is there any companies or anything that can help me get back on my feet or help me pay off the debt i have accuired?! The police officer i talked to when i filed the report for fraud, said that if that company ever got caught i could possibly get my money back, how will i know if they got caught?!

2007-07-19 04:49:40 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

ask a pschycatrist

2007-07-19 04:48:04 · 8 answers · asked by albatross i 1

they're calling it a hate crime? What crime though, how is preaching something from the bible a crime against anyone? When Native Americans use peyote for their religious acts i dont see anyone arresting them for drug use, whats the difference. What i'm really asking here is this, if a preacher is arrested for this doesnt that go against the freedom of religion at all?

2007-07-19 04:47:06 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Pleas give me only con oppinions; that is, oppinions that don;t support the banning of trans fat from food restaurants

2007-07-19 04:43:17 · 15 answers · asked by leoncita 2

What proceedures would I have to go through? What papers do I need to have/get in order to be eligible?

2007-07-19 04:35:48 · 2 answers · asked by sweet_as_sugar_cane 1

2007-07-19 04:31:22 · 4 answers · asked by sweet_as_sugar_cane 1

Or better yet Capitol punisment, it is murder, Fighting any animals shows how sick people are, I think they should just put each other in the ring, they probley would if the price was right!

2007-07-19 04:14:06 · 15 answers · asked by mfront2002 2

Last night they called my grandama, i don't even know how they got her number?! i don't list her as a reference or anything like that EVER!, also is it legal for them to call me when i'm at work?

2007-07-19 03:51:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Are there different 5th amendment requirements for juvenile ct vs. regular? witness vs. defendant? civil vs. criminal ct? state vs. federal?

2007-07-19 03:44:40 · 3 answers · asked by Amy G 1

is banning trans fat foods from restaurant menus constitutional... why or why not?
Concider the rights of the restaurant owners and the people that go there to eat.

2007-07-19 03:42:06 · 4 answers · asked by leoncita 2

Premature Menopause Showing Up In Teens, Very Young Women

http://www.wusa9.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=60940&provider=top
http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/bgh.htm

Is the US the only country still using hormones to age cows to get them to market faster? Why is the government still allowing this?

2007-07-19 03:32:14 · 11 answers · asked by Naturescent 4