Unanswered Questions
491 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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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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When is a US tariff actually paid?
Trying to understand when a tariff is actually imposed & paid on goods coming into the US.
The Trump administration has announced at various times changes in tariffs to be imposed on certain ...
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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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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 do Russians [especially Russian Muslims] understand Putin's disapproval of 'multiculturalism'?
The BBC has reported that, at the G20 summit, Russia's president Vladimir Putin remarked that liberalism is obsolete. Which should be no surprise to anyone. The curious part of this criticism of ...
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Has a nation ever responded to a cyber attack (from a UN member state) by escalating to physical force?
A recent Washington Post headline reads in part "Israel responded to a Hamas cyberattack with an airstrike. ..."
I'm looking for the first such historical instance of a physical response (an ...
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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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Are there precedents for the EU fining the UK for undervalued Chinese imports?
With all the Brexit talks, this has become a barely noticed case, but it might be relevant for future border relations between UK and EU:
Britain faces a potential €2 billion bill from Brussels ...
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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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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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What are the possible consequences of being labelled as a currency manipulator?
What are the possible direct consequences of being labelled as a currency manipulator? Yesterday, the U.S. labelled China as a currency manipulator.
Tariffs no longer being able to be used against ...
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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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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 ...
