Gregory Watson, photo by Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon/KUTIn 1789, James Madison proposed an amendment to govern how members of Congress could give themselves salary raises.The proposed amendment was sent to the states for ratific...
https://www.neatorama.com/2017/03/16/how-a-college-students-c-paper-led-to-a-constitutional-amendment/The oceans make up vast areas of the earth’s... ...governmental control. That’s where maritime law comes into play. There are zones of the oceans th... ...ed by the country on the nearest shore, but which laws they can enforce vary depending on how far away f... ...it as simple as they can as they...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/07/26/How-Maritime-Law-Works/(Photo: David Ball)But that may change. A British... ...ng back to the 13th Century, to identify obsolete laws for Parliament to eliminate. Among them are laws about wearing armor inside the Houses of Parliame... ...ission has also debunked many popular myths about laws that...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/12/16/Its-Still-Illegal-to-Wear-a-Suit-of-Armor-inside-the-British-Parliament/(Photo: Tess Watson)Although haggis may be found in the wild and hunted in Scotland and some parts of northern England, it is not native to the United States and attempts to introduce it have failed.For those of us in th...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/11/10/Finally-The-US-May-Lift-Its-Ban-on-Haggis/A TV detective may say “I have a theory that... ...ct” and “hypothesis” and “ law ” suffer from the same difference in percept...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/09/22/Theory-vs-Hypothesis-vs-Law-Explained/(Statue of Washington in Union Square Park by Eden, Janine, and Jim)On November 25, 1783, General George Washington, mounted on a white charger, marched the Continental Army into New York City as the last British troops...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/03/10/Can-You-Legally-Park-a-Horse-in-New-York-City/Did you know in Georgia that chickens are not lega... ...ng to do with tht awful joke. That is one of MANY laws from various states that are inexplicably still o... ...t is just two from the list of 22 Most Ridiculous Laws Still in Effect Today from JustSomething.It is co... ...sweet to scan the list and see...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/09/24/The-22-most-Ridiculous-Laws-Still-in-Effect-Today/Could the Group from Shaun of the Dead Get Busted... ...For Breaking Into The Winchester? (Vista Criminal Law )So, 1 in 10 Americans Think HTML is a STD. We're...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/03/06/Neatolinks-HTML-is-Not-An-STD-Pass-That-On-to-Your-Friends/We've talked about how people have increasingly tr... ...vary based on where you live, San Diego criminal lawyer Peter M. Liss says it's actually totally legal to... ...police station, you’d be acting within the law . This doesn’t mean you couldn’t use w... ...for your actions, your San Dieg...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/09/10/What-Are-the-Legal-Issues-of-Becoming-A-Superhero/When the zombie apocalypse comes, it may be diffic... ...pocalypse comes, it may be difficult to consult a lawyer or judge about the consequences of killing zombie...
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