Unanswered Questions
466 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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How can I locate RFP information, bid submissions, or other publicly available information from a procurement document number?
I am trying to learn more about a particular piece of software used to submit forms to a US federal agency. I have a 'procurement document number' sometimes also called an 'award ID'. Using this ...
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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 many liberal democracies that use “the more favorable criminal law” principle?
This question is somehow a followup of this one (split suggestion). At the end of January 2017, Romanian Government (executive branch) made several changes to Criminal Law using a Government Ordinance....
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What are the effects of the HR392 (fairness for skilled immigrant workers) bill?
Recently, there is a lengthy discussion about HR392 (fairness for skilled immigrant workers) in the US house and senate. It means if this bill will be passed by the house and senate, the limitation of ...
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How different have the various constitutions of Venezuela been?
From an answer in this question, I have learned that Venezuela has had 27 Constitutions.
As an American, who have only had one (or two, if you count the Articles of Confederation) this seems to be ...
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How much have carbon-based industries invested in anti-climate-change lobbying in Australia?
There are reports that oil, coal and gas industries in America have invested more than half a billion dollars on lobbying against acting on climate change. In Australia there are more than 540 '...
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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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Scheduling executions in retaliation to terrorist acts
According to news reports, Jordan is threatening to hasten the execution of terrorists in retaliation if daesh kills Jordanian hostage Moaz al-Kaseasbeh. That is, Jordan's treating its own prisoners ...
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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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Is there any legal recourse to compel Oregon state senators that flee the state to return?
This question is in relation to this news article, that claims that some Oregon state senators have fled the state to prevent a vote in the state senate on a climate-plan bill, because their absence ...
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Can Iran easily restart the heavy-water reactor construction at Arak, after supposedly it filled with concrete?
Under JCPOA Iran was supposed to change the design of the Arak IR-40 research reactor to make it harder to produce (weapons grade) plutonium.
Iran announced in 2016 that they filled the core of the ...
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Are there any studies about companies self-segregating politically?
There's some current dialogue about some big tech companies (google, twitter, facebook) displaying some bias in their actions. Whether that's true or not, it certainly seems that the composition of ...
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Would Australia leaving ANZUS affect its Five Eyes benefits?
I'm preparing an oral presentation on whether or not Australia should leave ANZUS, but can't find much information regarding the effect the separation would have on the Five Eyes agreement.
On the ...
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Does Saudi Arabia support Baathist resistance in Iraq?
Does Saudi Arabia support Baathist resistance in Iraq, currently led by Ad-Douri? Do they want to install a similar regime as in Egypt to counter the Qatari influence?
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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 ...
