http://www.answerbag.com/profile/171110 New Answerbag questions from Anonymous Tue, 29 May 2012 08:14:50 -0700 Tue, 29 May 2012 08:14:50 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1274008 I often hear people argue on AB that the government is violating the Constitution by passing a law. However, these people rarely articulate what provision of the Constitution is being violated. Can anyone list some examples of violations? Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:41:52 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1274008 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1196614 If a mother is unfit to raise a child and has her child taken away from her, should the state be allowed to require long-term, but temporary, birth control? Please provide rationale. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:47:59 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1196614 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1033970 What is wrong (if anything) with the Obama Tax Plan? Specifically, won't taxing corporations more only harm lower and middle class earners? Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:22:07 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1033970 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/989572 Should the federal minimum wage be lowered, raised, or eliminated? Please give details as to why/ Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:49:05 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/989572 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/954047 Is it entrapment when a CHP officer stages a scene and then leaves a bait car, and someone gets in and takes that car (like they do in the Bait Car show)? Please answer with actual legal analysis. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:18:56 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/954047 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/911373 If a private fire fighting company (that was hired by the town) tears down part of my house to get access to the woods behind my house in order to fight a fire, do the have to pay to repair my property? Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:14:54 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/911373 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/894772 If a store does not advertise "no returns," do they have to let me return a product? I tried returning the product a few hours after I bought it and it still was in the original packaging. Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:28:07 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/894772 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/881773 It is legal for a state to ban handguns? Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:43:36 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/881773 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/874727 How do socialized health care proponents conclude that their is a "right" to health care when a right is something that cannot be taking away from you, and health care is something that people do not inherently possess? Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:17:26 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/874727 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/868548 If I buy a foreclosed home at auction and there is a lien on the property from another bank (not the one doing the foreclosing), do I have to pay off that loan? If I don't, can the bank with the lien foreclose on the property? Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:30:53 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/868548 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/868277 If I purchased a house and later found out that the seller sold the same house to someone else before me, who gets to keep the house? Me or the other buyer? Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:33:47 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/868277 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/859025 Did you know that President Bush’s Crawford ranch is more eco-friendly than Al Gore’s Tennessee estate? [For details see: http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp] Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:17:37 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/859025 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/853798 If I am punched by grocery store clerk in the parking lot of the grocery store, is the store liable for my medical expenses, or only the person who punched me? Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:39:41 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/853798 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/853667 What does the Good Samaritan Law do? Does it mean I have a duty to rescue someone in peril? Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:00:27 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/853667 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/827340 If I contract to buy a house, and the house burns down after I signed the contract but before the closing, can I get out of the contract? The contract was silent as to risk of loss, and there was no insurance on the property. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:01:58 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/827340 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/800495 If I buy a car on credit, miss a few payments, and the car is repossessed, do I still need to pay off the loan? Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:51:12 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/800495 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/800251 If I write a poem and later find out that a nearly identical poem was written and published before I wrote my poem, can I be sued for copyright infringement even though I did not copy the poem? If so, did I legally infringe a copyright? Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:45:37 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/800251 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/798643 If I buy a car on ebay and am supposed to pick it up at the sellers house, and before I pick it up there is an unexpected flood that causes damage to the car, do I have to pay for the repairs or does the seller? Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:49:09 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/798643 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/791817 I recently read an article that said some of the Bill of Rights applies to the states, but not all of them. Specifically, it said the 2nd Amendment applies to the federal government, but not the states. Is this true? Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:41:21 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/791817 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/791813 A coworker promised to give me her car at the end of the school year because she would not need it anymore. I wrote up a promissory note, and she signed it. The school year has now ended and she is refusing to give me the car. Do I have a good lawsuit? Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:28:59 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/791813 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/791805 There is an electronics store in my neighborhood that has a person check your receipt when you walk out of the store to make sure you are not stealing. If I walk past this person and refuse to show my receipt, does the store have a right to detain me? Sun, 08 Jun 2008 01:18:07 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/791805 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/791798 If a person is a police officer, a firefighter, and an EMT; and he searches my trunk while responding to a traffic accident in the capacity of an EMT, can the evidence found in my trunk be used in court? [See my answer for more details]. Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:55:57 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/791798 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/791791 My car was hit on the freeway. The other drivers insurance company acknowledged that I was not at fault, but has refused to pay for my damages because the driver lost control as a result of an unexpected seizure. Is the other driver legally liable? Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:48:13 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/791791 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/790097 I heard that it is illegal for an ex-employer to give a bad reference. Is this true, and can someone tell me which law makes it true? Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:12:54 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/790097 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/790070 If I am an Olympic swimmer and I notice a girl drowning in a public pool, and I choose not to save her, can I be held liable for not acting? Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:48:47 -0700 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/790070 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/507268 A & B sign a one year lease that requires 30 days written notice to terminate. If the lease is not terminated at the end it reverts to a month to month tenancy. A gives written notice at 11 months, but B refuses to. Does A's notice terminate the lease? Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:17:15 -0800 http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/507268