Common law: England has no formal constitution. Their "constitution" is the accumulation of court cases down through history. Their law of the land is what judges say, in addition to the laws made by Parliament. The U.S.A. has inherited some of this "common law." And the courts have added much more. But the Court has decided that there are no common law crimes; the laws that you are accused of breaking must have been enacted by federal, state, or local legislative bodies.
Whether or not you like it, what the OP meant by sex is not a trait of a person in the eyes of the law is that in order to recieve constitutional benefits (or any legal benefit) guaranteed to a "person," you must be either an individual or a corporation. An unincorporated company or firm does not fall under this definition, though almost every company is incorporated, even mom&pop are an LLC now, since it's so easy to do, and individual errors appear legally as errors of the corporate "person" and only the corporations assets are liable in a lawsuit, rather than the employee's.
If you fit the libertarian bill, we welcome you with open arms. There's an active team of pro-freedom people in NH, a very large one at that. Just getting involved in state and local politics is all you need to join.
If you have any questions about the state or anything just shoot me an email (mcovey at gmail. com)
Not to mention that almost any business will take things like CCW permits, birth certificates and pretty much anything you can show them as an ID. Most states don't require that a PHOTO ID be shown for sales of restricted items, I dont have a list on hand but I'm sure NH isn't the only one that allows a birth certificate to be used as a non-driver ID in lieu of a license, but they also issue a non-driver photo ID when a business or agency might require one.
The Cato people really are bonafide libertarians actually.
Anti-government, pro-consensual society. As economists, they dislike the root causes for inflation, and the fact that the fed has one private bank print all our money.
Conservatives tend to love it when the government controls things like money and marriage and drugs.
You're right, when I submitted that (if its not too hard to believe, yes I submitted it) I should have noted that NOT ONLY does it express disapproval, but forbids participation.
Are you sure it's freedom when the government forces you to change the policy of your own business in a manner such as this?
If you were a songwriter, would you like to be told that you could not chage $10 for your CDs because "music is art and art does not have a price?" How about forced to charge at least $20 so the government could collect higher tariffs on it?
It is important to respect the rights of the creators of media and software, even if they are intangible products. Unless you created the media, it is not yours, nor your governments place to be imposing upon that media's function.
Consumer abilities have increased, but producer rights will be lost if France goes through with this. Market socialism.
Frankly, neither will I. While I dislike DRM on my media, I respect the rights of the creator to put it there, and I understand the right to charge consumers for a product like a CD or even a download.
I also don't like overpriced music and I refuse to buy it.
How is it sensible? It's totally contrary to the ideas of capitalism.
Apple creates a product, they get to decide what to do with it, what it works with, etc. If you dislike thier policy, you can certainly purchase another.
It is not within the rights of the people to force Apple to change their product to suit the peoples' liking.
We do. There is nothing that I feel at all restricted from saying, legally.
Of course morally I feel restricted, as well as the fact that fitting into society gets hard when you are an outspoken racist or something, but legally, you may feel free to express whatever opinion you like, and even tell any lie you like (slander is ok as long as you don't intentionally use it to misrepresent someone and damage their reputation to, say, a potential employer, and even there you have a lot of leeway.)
Unless you feel that shouting fire in a crowded place falls under free speech, and is not disturbing the peace.
Nor is there another nation that still respects the rights to bear arms, speedy trials, the freedom of the press, freedom from self-incrimination, unreasonable bail and of course, total freedom of speech and opinion.
For all it's flaws, America is the only first world government that imposes the least on its citizens... for now.
Unsure if it is related, but at Wal-Mart yesterday I saw a huge rack of Robitussin DM... I thought that was a disassociate drug that people abused as well.
I'm surprised they haven't yanked it away from everybody so 0.1% don't abuse it.
It will depend. I live in a rural area of New England with no aerial imagery in Google, so MS provides the closest usable view of my land, though many years old.
It also provides the closest zoomed in pictures of some major cities with "birds eye view" which is probably the most accurrate and amazing imaging I've seen online.
Unforunately Zillow didn't load any locations for me.
MS Live ( http://maps.live.com/ forwards to the right address) provides higher-than-google res in most of the US, especially rurual areas and the odd city that didn't get coverage.
Slashdot Mirror
You can not be charged with breaking common law. It must be law in America in the US Code, state or local laws.
http://www.jimloy.com/issues/unwrittn.htm
Common law: England has no formal constitution. Their "constitution" is the accumulation of court cases down through history. Their law of the land is what judges say, in addition to the laws made by Parliament. The U.S.A. has inherited some of this "common law." And the courts have added much more. But the Court has decided that there are no common law crimes; the laws that you are accused of breaking must have been enacted by federal, state, or local legislative bodies.
Time to replace the adhesive on duct tape with this stuff!
Isn't Google just standard flash? It works in my browser, and most shockwave applets don't even work.
EEEEEE YOUUUUU
Whether or not you like it, what the OP meant by sex is not a trait of a person in the eyes of the law is that in order to recieve constitutional benefits (or any legal benefit) guaranteed to a "person," you must be either an individual or a corporation. An unincorporated company or firm does not fall under this definition, though almost every company is incorporated, even mom&pop are an LLC now, since it's so easy to do, and individual errors appear legally as errors of the corporate "person" and only the corporations assets are liable in a lawsuit, rather than the employee's.
No, not unless the court subpoenas it as relevant evidence.
In this case it clearly is not.
http://www.freestateproject.org/
If you fit the libertarian bill, we welcome you with open arms. There's an active team of pro-freedom people in NH, a very large one at that. Just getting involved in state and local politics is all you need to join.
If you have any questions about the state or anything just shoot me an email (mcovey at gmail. com)
I think every state has a non drivers ID.
Not to mention that almost any business will take things like CCW permits, birth certificates and pretty much anything you can show them as an ID. Most states don't require that a PHOTO ID be shown for sales of restricted items, I dont have a list on hand but I'm sure NH isn't the only one that allows a birth certificate to be used as a non-driver ID in lieu of a license, but they also issue a non-driver photo ID when a business or agency might require one.
By several I should have said... New Hampshire. As far as I know, my state is the only state to challenge it. Hopefully there are others.
http://generalcourt.org/bills/2006/HB1582
America is coming dangerously close to this.
Several states have challenged the Real ID act and plan not to adopt it.
The Cato people really are bonafide libertarians actually.
Anti-government, pro-consensual society.
As economists, they dislike the root causes for inflation, and the fact that the fed has one private bank print all our money.
Conservatives tend to love it when the government controls things like money and marriage and drugs.
I believe Google News was only North America at first.
It takes time to localize it for the whole world.
Privatize roads. Especially controlled access highways.
You're right, when I submitted that (if its not too hard to believe, yes I submitted it) I should have noted that NOT ONLY does it express disapproval, but forbids participation.
It was hidden in a military spending bill.
Well, the grocery store I worked at used to play muzac... that probably wasn't major label. Sometimes they'd put the oldies station on though.
Options, if you really really don't want to hear it -
Plug your ears
Get in a loud conversation
don't get within earshot of it
A business that is privately run (IE a store or a school) has a right to play their music, and you have a right not to go there.
Are you sure it's freedom when the government forces you to change the policy of your own business in a manner such as this?
If you were a songwriter, would you like to be told that you could not chage $10 for your CDs because "music is art and art does not have a price?" How about forced to charge at least $20 so the government could collect higher tariffs on it?
It is important to respect the rights of the creators of media and software, even if they are intangible products. Unless you created the media, it is not yours, nor your governments place to be imposing upon that media's function.
Consumer abilities have increased, but producer rights will be lost if France goes through with this. Market socialism.
The WTO will not be happy with this.
Frankly, neither will I. While I dislike DRM on my media, I respect the rights of the creator to put it there, and I understand the right to charge consumers for a product like a CD or even a download.
I also don't like overpriced music and I refuse to buy it.
How is it sensible? It's totally contrary to the ideas of capitalism.
Apple creates a product, they get to decide what to do with it, what it works with, etc. If you dislike thier policy, you can certainly purchase another.
It is not within the rights of the people to force Apple to change their product to suit the peoples' liking.
We do. There is nothing that I feel at all restricted from saying, legally.
Of course morally I feel restricted, as well as the fact that fitting into society gets hard when you are an outspoken racist or something, but legally, you may feel free to express whatever opinion you like, and even tell any lie you like (slander is ok as long as you don't intentionally use it to misrepresent someone and damage their reputation to, say, a potential employer, and even there you have a lot of leeway.)
Unless you feel that shouting fire in a crowded place falls under free speech, and is not disturbing the peace.
Nor is there another nation that still respects the rights to bear arms, speedy trials, the freedom of the press, freedom from self-incrimination, unreasonable bail and of course, total freedom of speech and opinion.
For all it's flaws, America is the only first world government that imposes the least on its citizens... for now.
Unsure if it is related, but at Wal-Mart yesterday I saw a huge rack of Robitussin DM... I thought that was a disassociate drug that people abused as well.
I'm surprised they haven't yanked it away from everybody so 0.1% don't abuse it.
It will depend. I live in a rural area of New England with no aerial imagery in Google, so MS provides the closest usable view of my land, though many years old.
It also provides the closest zoomed in pictures of some major cities with "birds eye view" which is probably the most accurrate and amazing imaging I've seen online.
Unforunately Zillow didn't load any locations for me.
MS Live ( http://maps.live.com/ forwards to the right address) provides higher-than-google res in most of the US, especially rurual areas and the odd city that didn't get coverage.
It also uses more outdated photos.