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jurist

Legal scholar or academic, a professional who studies, teaches, and develops law

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Nov 24, 2025
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Under what international laws is targeting civilian ships at sea prohibited?

International law prohibits deliberate attacks on civilian ships unless they have become lawful military targets; key legal regimes cited by experts include International Humanitarian Law (distinction...

Nov 18, 2025
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How have courts ruled on statutes of limitations and liability in Trump's sexual misconduct cases?

Courts have allowed some civil claims against Donald Trump that otherwise would have been time-barred by the temporary New York Adult Survivors Act (ASA), leading to at least one high-profile judgment...

Nov 14, 2025
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Is Elon musk moving out of the United states

There is no credible reporting in the provided sources that Elon Musk is emigrating or “moving out of the United States.” What the sources do document is Musk’s public exit from a White House advisory...

Jan 30, 2026

Which investigative journalists or watchdog groups have reported links between Venezuelan criminal networks and US officials?

Multiple major investigative news organizations and some regional watchdog reporters have published reporting alleging n officials and transnational criminal networks, while U.S. law-enforcement and o...

Jan 30, 2026

How do ICE and independent watchdogs differ in counting and categorizing deaths linked to immigration enforcement?

’s official tallies of are constrained by agency definitions, internal reporting channels and what the agency classifies as “in custody,” while independent watchdogs, news organizations and medical ex...

Dec 17, 2025

Have events or venues banned clothing referencing sexual allegations against politicians?

Some venues and institutions have restricted clothing or performances in response to sexual-misconduct controversies — most prominently Peru’s Congress, which banned miniskirts, shorts and jeans for f...

Dec 6, 2025

How many of Trump's clemency recipients were convicted in federal vs state drug cases?

Available official records and major reporting show that virtually all of Donald Trump’s presidential clemency actions apply to federal convictions; his first-term and second-term publicly compiled li...

Nov 28, 2025

How did the National Guard and active-duty forces' involvement in civil unrest (e.g., 2020 protests) raise legal concerns about orders they received?

Legal scholars, courts, and rights groups say deployments of National Guard and active-duty forces to U.S. cities since 2025 raised repeated legal questions about presidential authority, Posse Comitat...