Law & Ethics - September 2007

"But the widest application of the necessary and proper clause has occurred in the field of monetary and fiscal controls" (http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/article01/44/html 1).

I don't understand what it's saying fully.

2007-09-30 04:45:40 · 2 answers · asked by ? 2

I opened a can of my favorite brand of sardines only to find a cockroach floating in the oil. This is a canadian brand distributed by an american company. I'm thinking about what is the right thing to do. Should I complain directly to the company, to the distributor or should I get a lawyer and sue them all?

2007-09-30 04:37:45 · 13 answers · asked by Laura B 2

2007-09-30 01:41:31 · 4 answers · asked by morteza h 1

All this drivel about there being no absolutes and no rights or wrongs... when the system itself is creates an absolute when it says there are none- and everything it puts forth is a system of rights and wrongs?

2007-09-30 00:45:30 · 12 answers · asked by baronbago 4

on land owned by my father now. My mom passed away 2 1/2 years ago. He has said in a answering machine message (all of which I'm keeping to play for the police if it comes to that) that this is his trailer and I'm not taking it anywhere. Whose doublewide is it and what can I do if it's mine to get it moved to another site that I have been told for years is mine for the taking since I have to have it moved threw our driveway that is on his land?????

2007-09-30 00:20:03 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-29 23:25:32 · 10 answers · asked by Sam B 1

I am taking my former employer to tribunal for unfair dismissal, i am representing myself and they have said that i walked out of my job after conversation by phone - do i have the right to request that they provide copy of phone bill to prove that no call existed? Previously on advice of ACAS i wrote to them asking what the position was about my job, posted the letter in box but they say they never got the letter.

2007-09-29 23:19:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

my boss enterd the femal toilets when he knew i would be in there is this legal???

2007-09-29 22:23:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

if a person was charged but was dismissed because new evidence showed someone else was guilty of the alleged crime., and was dismissed without prejudice, why would it be on his record. Is this grounds for lawsuit? It has been reason for a number of rejected employment apps. And have proof of this by mailed letters from Wal mart and others stating because of charges of violent crimes.

2007-09-29 22:21:31 · 8 answers · asked by rick s 2

Dear legal luminaries

Advice only as per Indian law:

One of the Society President indulged in violation of bye-laws blatantly. But he is being supported by 9 out of 22 EC members who are his friends and own relatives.

I have the the proof on three occasions, for violation of bye laws by the President and same being supported by his men.

My intention is to break the monopoly, blatant violation of bye laws, fiefdom and autocracy just bcos of having own people as members and also in the EC (executive committee), by moving the court to get a stay against the President and his coterie from contesting the forth coming election. Do i have sufficient grounds to take up this fight??

Only legally qualified persons answer pls-- as I do want directions to proceed with it accordingly. Others can advice if consulted w/advocate. This is not a Q for askng sake but an incident in real life.

I will take up the case in Chennai.

Thanks in adv for the persons who are going to guide me.

2007-09-29 22:16:26 · 3 answers · asked by TROUBLESHOOTERKILLROY 2

I know that pigs make amazing pets, but does anyone know the laws of having one in the city (Saskatchewan, canada to be exact)? Can anyone suggest a breed? Any other comments would be great.

Alysia

2007-09-29 22:15:41 · 2 answers · asked by Sassyshiba 3

plz also tell where to contact.

2007-09-29 21:25:26 · 10 answers · asked by somu 2

Seriously, when/how did child support go from making sure a child had adequate food, clothing & shelter to rewarding mothers with insane amounts of money just because they had the fortune to give birth to a child? We now have to pay $2000/month to my husband's ex wife (who he left 14 yrs ago due to her crazed anger & violence; She's been diagnosed as Borderline Personality), even though she is a multi millionaire with way more money than us. I mean it does NOT cost $2,000 a month for ONE kid. We live in a basic boxy house from the 1970's, nothing special, while the mother lives in Los Altos Hills in a $2 Million house and owns 2 others homes. Does CA have the highest child support in the U.S.? My husband makes about $13K/mo gross, but after losing half of it to taxes, 401(k) deductions, our $4100/month mortgage (The Bay area is super expensive but we're stuck here), we don't even break even 2 months out of 3 with having to pay that $2000/mo CS. How did CS get so out of hand high???

2007-09-29 20:31:13 · 11 answers · asked by Wintergirl 5

2007-09-29 20:25:10 · 3 answers · asked by Heather M 3

2007-09-29 20:00:34 · 12 answers · asked by Bellenders 1

I just tested the "Caboodles" makeup case called "the Goddess" with MASSIVE amounts of lead in it! Got the test from Lowe's and it was extremely easy to use.

I am just shocked that when I took it back, I tested another one which they had there and it was even a DARKER RED!

Why isn't the Government doing it's job by making sure that merchandise which comes from other countries is safe? Why don't they start spending money on Consumer safety people instead of Iraq?!?

2007-09-29 19:52:25 · 11 answers · asked by Fedup Veteran 6

2007-09-29 19:12:48 · 8 answers · asked by krishna 1

assuming that osama bin laden were actually captured- not killed on the battlefield- he'd presumably be tried in a federal court in the US; i'm a little confused since, though of course this might happen, how under the law can you prosecute someone who's not an american citizen, as he's clearly not; doesn't the constitution and federal statues apply to american citizens only? i'm just trying to understand how the process works. thanks.

2007-09-29 18:50:32 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

if so, why? and if not...why? && is it biblical?
I'm writing a paper argumentatively

2007-09-29 18:33:41 · 16 answers · asked by XANA♥ 2

my dad didnt pay his bills and owes about 14k in debt. today a sheriff and someone else maybe a lawyer came over to my older brothers house to serve a subpoena. my brother has the same name as my father except he is junior and my father is senior.

why would a sheriff and someone else go to my brothers house and not my fathers house when the collection agency and bill collectors know where my father live since they send all the bills over to my fathers address?

why would a sheriff serve the subpoena or come along to serve a subpoena? does this mean my father could go to jail if he doesnt pay his bills? i thought the worst that could happen if someone doesnt pay their bills is wage garnishment?

what happens when my father goes to court for the subpoena?

2007-09-29 18:03:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

You have 12 people standing before a judge and they are all claiming to have seen a man that they knew and loved die a horific death, the public knowing of the claims, that this man will rise again in three days,sent an army of soldiers to guard his tomb in case someone wanted to steel his body, After 3 days these men all claimed that their friend came to them again alive and over came death. Even the soldiers could not understand how this could ever happen. but any ways these 12 men after talking to this person and knowing this person was confinced that He was the Son of God and even died for their belief. They were tortured and all they had to do is say it was a lie and they would be set free but they all refused. OK maybe you may get one insane person to do this but 12 people from all walks of lives were convinced of this man's resurrection. This isn't heresay they are eye witnesses. What would be your honest verdict?

2007-09-29 18:02:59 · 9 answers · asked by ckrug 4

so they think, anyway--to arrest someone? I was talking to one guy a while back who said that non-cop security guards have no right to even TOUCH someone, let alone arrest them! But then I've talked to 2 guards (who were from different places) who think they have some kind of right to arrest someone. Since WHEN? (But NO, they weren't talking about arresting ME, heheh!) Then how come this other guy could have sworn that they don't? Who's right, and why?

Hey, guys, will you check back every so often to see my responses to your answers, please?

Thanks,
Mike

2007-09-29 17:55:02 · 8 answers · asked by ? 3

what rights do I have knowing that I was told she was on the pill and we BOTH did not want children?
MA resident

2007-09-29 17:33:31 · 23 answers · asked by justcurious00004 1

I heard this on the news in passing, and wonder if its a joke, because it sounds like something Larry the Cable Guy would come up with. If anyone knows, please inform me. I would not want to partake, and anyhow the only road kill around here are dead skunks.

2007-09-29 17:21:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

i needed to now what area has the highest crime rate like homicides and robberys not silly crimes in california and do u really think it does

2007-09-29 16:34:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I recently discovered a friend of mine on the Megan's Law website. Is it right to inform other friends about this? Should I ask him and give him a chance to explain? How can I protect myself without invading his rights?

2007-09-29 16:33:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Aging Inmates Clogging Nation's Prisons
AP
Posted: 2007-09-29 14:33:24
HARDWICK, Ga. (AP) - Razor wire topping the fences seems almost a joke at the Men's State Prison, where many inmates are slumped in wheelchairs, or leaning on walkers or canes.

It's becoming an increasingly common sight: geriatric inmates spending their waning days behind bars. The soaring number of aging inmates is now outpacing the prison growth as a whole.

Tough sentencing laws passed in the crime-busting 1980s and 1990s are largely to blame. It's all fueling an explosion in inmate health costs for cash-strapped states.

"It keeps going up and up," said Alan Adams, director of Health Services for the Georgia Department of Corrections. "We've got some old guys who are too sick to get out of bed. And some of them, they're going to die inside. The courts say we have to provide care and we do. But that costs money."

Justice Department statistics show that the number of inmates in federal and state prisons age 55 and older shot up 33 percent from 2000 to 2005, the most recent year for which the data was available. That's faster than the 9 percent growth overall.

The trend is particularly pronounced in the South, which has some of the nation's toughest sentencing laws. In 16 Southern states, the growth rate has escalated by an average of 145 percent since 1997, according to the Southern Legislative Conference.

Rising prison health care costs - particularly for elderly inmates - helped fuel a 10 percent jump in state prison spending from fiscal year 2005 to 2006, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. That growth in spending is projected to continue, the group said.

The graying of the nation's prisons mirrors the population as whole. But many inmates arrive in prison after years of unhealthy living, such as drug use and risky sex. The stress of life behind bars can often make them even sicker.

And once they enter prison walls, they aren't eligible for Medicaid or Medicare, where the costs are shared between the state and federal government, meaning a state shoulders the burden of inmate health care on its own.

Estimates place the annual cost of housing an inmate at $18,000 to $31,000 a year. There is no firm separate number for housing an elderly inmate, but there is widespread agreement that it's significantly higher than for a younger one.

In addition to medical costs there are other, less obvious expenses. For instance, elderly inmates can't climb to the top bunk so they sometimes need to be housed in separate units that require more space.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1976 that inmates have a constitutional right to health care. But what that means can depend on where an inmate is locked up.

2007-09-29 16:17:33 · 7 answers · asked by marnefirstinfantry 5

2007-09-29 14:50:50 · 10 answers · asked by Mike & Katie T 1

a coworker of mine, recently showed me and another coworker some papers that said she had diplomatic immunity...she was born in the united states, says that both her parents were too and neither worked for the government...she told me anyone can do it...she has a identification, license plate and papers that say she does not have to pay taxes, can not be charged with any crime...she said that she is a diplomatic agent... is that possilbe

2007-09-29 14:34:31 · 10 answers · asked by jacque h 1

She keeps pestering me about it and telling me about all the $$$$ money I can make. I dont support breaking the law. And you know I could help maybe 1 or 2 but she wants me to keep 14 in my house. And my house aint all that big. Shes not really my girlfriend..yet. But shes made it very clear she will be if I help her volunteer organization

2007-09-29 13:59:05 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous