Unanswered Questions
568 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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How tightly can a 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) operate as the same organization?
For example, 350.org is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (according to its footer, bottom right) but signing up for its e-mail list or otherwise supporting it means a person would also wind up ...
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Does Facebook have a program that regularly checks their employees' (especially their content moderator teams) political involvements?
Recently, here in the Philippines, there's news that Facebook took down an account/group/page of an organization named "Hands Off Our Children". This is an organization that fights for ...
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Is there any evidence on how much impact the Lincoln Project is actually having?
The Lincoln Project and Republican Voters against Trump are generating huge publicity and producing some of the slickest adverts I've ever seen. But is there any evidence that they are having any ...
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Does the vote in favor of Article 13 affect Stack Exchange?
The EU parliament voted in favor of Article 13. An article which is heavily disputed and may have huge impacts on sites publishing (even if they are small) images or videos of others' creative work. ...
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How is judicial independence ensured for International Tribunals?
According to this article, Mladic's conviction by International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague found widespread international support. However, this opinion is not ...
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Are there any online resources for finding all public officers for a given zip code in the United States?
Looking for something akin to CallMyCongress dot com, but for local public officials. The best I can find so far through research is that some town/municipality websites are very helpful, in that ...
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Would Obama's viewing Trump's tax returns be seen as overstepping his authority?
26 U.S. Code § 6103(g)(1) says that the President can request tax return information from the IRS:
Upon written request by the President, signed by him personally, the Secretary shall furnish to ...
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Roughly how many people associated with Antifa ideology have been charged following investigations into terrorist incidents in the US?
According to a 2018 CRS report:
Presumably, the
Bureau would investigate antifa followers suspected of
criminal activity as domestic terrorists, categorizing them as
a type of anarchist ...
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What is the actual process in a US deportation to Mexico?
This question is a follow-up from a previous question Self-deportation of American Citizens from US, and the purpose of my question is not to discuss the particulars of the Galicia event, but to ask ...
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What have been the largest hostile cross-benches in Australian senate / house of review history?
The Australian federal Senate is a house of review, elected from multiple member state electorates. It is usually comprised of a Government (often in minority), an Opposition (in lesser minority), ...
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What are the Siumut party's views on mining and how do they compare to other parties views?
Recently, Greenland had parliamentary elections. Different news sources contradict each other:
Fox News: Opposition party keen on tapping underground resources wins ...
The Star: Opposition critical ...
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Does stronger geographic representation lead to stronger regional identities?
Are there any studies which would conclude whether stronger geographic representation in voting systems is a significant contributor to strong regional identities in a country?
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Quantifiation of the actual impact of purging of registration rolls on US elections
Eligibility to vote in the US is affected by two federal laws, NVRA and HAVA. Under NVRA, voters can be purged from the rolls under a variety of complicated criteria and processes, with the law ...
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How often are U.S. attorneys appointed by a court?
Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman was appointed by the U.S. District Court in 2018, under 28 U.S. Code § 546.
(d) If an appointment expires under subsection (...
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What's the EU (or at least German) view on the definition of currency manipulation?
The US has a statutory definition of currency manipulation; while some US economists don't quite agree with the legal definition, nevertheless the topic is fairly widely discussed in the US in ...
