Federal Laws

The legal drinking age in France is 16. However, in Paris, as well as most European countries, legal stipulations placed on the purchase and consumption of alcohol are merely technicalities to which almost no one adheres. No matter what country you visit in Europe, you will find very little?if any?enforcement of the legal drinking age. If you will have underage teenagers with you who would like to enjoy an alcoholic beverage, they will have no trouble ordering or being served in Paris, so you might want to give consideration to this issue prior to embarking on your trip. Requesting ID is virtually unheard of in Paris, as well as most European cities, because they simply do not have the problems related to underage drinking that are common in North American countries. Wine with dinner is a common custom in which most Parisians engage from the time they are toddlers, and most Europeans drink for enjoyment?not to get drunk. Therefore, unlike in North America, drinking is somewhat of a non issue for most Europeans and lacking in justification for strict enforcement.

Federal law is the body of law created by the federal government of a country. A federal government is formed when a group of political units, such as states or provinces join together in a federation, surrendering their individual sovereignty and many powers to the central government while retaining or reserving other limited powers. As a result, two or more levels of government exist within an established geographic territory. The body of law of the common central government is the federal law. Examples of federal governments include those of Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Russia, the former Soviet Union and the United States.

Congressional committees are the source of revenue for projects that produce the cash and jobs in various districts. It is where the "pork barrel" is located and having a vote on that committee insures a congressman of a "piece of the pie" for the folks back home.

Yes, unless you are refering to other constitutions, for example back in the 1700's the states created there own constitutions. Fun fact is that the draft for the US constitution was basically the New York Constitution written by John Jay.

Other countries also have constitutions; so if you only say, "the Constitution," someone from India might think that you are talking about the Constitution of India. By saying the US Constitution, it is more definite which constitution you mean. However, if you say, "the Constitution", while you are in the US, most people would assume that you are talking about the US Constitution.

The United States constitution actually does not mention marriage of any kind, straight, gay or otherwise. Although several amendments have been put forth none have them have been included.

Now constitutions of the various states may or may not have had amendments added to either disallow or allow gay marriages.

There are several legal arguments that the 9th and 14th Amendments prohibit restrictions on same-sex marriage, and the Full Faith and Credit Clause (Article IV, Section 1) comes into play when considering whether a same-sex marriage validly performed in one state must be recognized by another state. However, the court cases involving these arguments have not been fully played out yet. It is expected that this will likely be resolved in front of the Supreme Court in the next few years (2-3 at the most).

Sec. 38.02. Failure to Identify.
(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally refuses to give his name, residence address, or date of birth to a peace officer who has lawfully arrested the person and requested the information.
(b) A person commits an offense if he intentionally gives a false or fictitious name, residence address, or date of birth to a peace officer who has:
(1) lawfully arrested the person;
(2) lawfully detained the person; or
(3) requested the information from a person that the peace officer has good cause to believe is a witness to a criminal offense.
(c) Except as provided by Subsections (d) and (e), an offense under this section is:
(1) a Class C misdemeanor if the offense is committed under Subsection (a); or
(2) a Class B misdemeanor if the offense is committed under Subsection (b).
(d) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that the defendant was a fugitive from justice at the time of the offense, the offense is:
(1) a Class B misdemeanor if the offense is committed under Subsection (a); or
(2) a Class A misdemeanor if the offense is committed under Subsection (b).
(e) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under Section 106.07, Alcoholic Beverage Code, the actor may be prosecuted only under Section 106.07.

Article VI of the US Constitution states, in part: "This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land..." All laws, federal or state, must conform to the Constitution.

Existing residential mailbox laws state that only authorized letter carriers may insert mail into a residential mailbox. A penalty will be imposed for anyone who is not a letter carrier and is inserting mail in the residential mailbox. It is a federal offense for tampering with the mail and a fine or possibly jail time can be the punishment for the offense. Generally, resident mailboxes are for mail use only.

Federal laws are passed by the US Congress and are adjudicated in the federal court system. State laws are passed by the individual state legislatures and are adjudicated within the state court system.

All federal laws are superior to state law (in the United States anyway). The US Constitution states that it, all federal laws, and treaties signed by the US are the "supreme law of the land" and therefore override state laws.

Description of the offense is as follows:

(quote)" Whoever willfully or maliciously injures or destroys any of the works, property, or material of any radio, telegraph, telephone or cable, line, station, or system, or other means of communication, operated or controlled by the United States, or used or intended to be used for military or civil defense functions of the United States, whether constructed or in process of construction, or willfully or maliciously interferes in any way with the working or use of any such line, or system, or willfully or maliciously obstructs, hinders, or delays the transmission of any communication over any such line, or system, or attempts or conspires to do such an act, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. In the case of any works, property, or material, not operated or controlled by the United States, this section shall not apply to any lawful strike activity, or other lawful concerted activities for the purposes of collective bargaining or other mutual aid and protection which do not injure or destroy any line or system used or intended to be used for the military or civil defense functions of the United States."(unquote)

The punishment is by fine from $1,000 to $10,000 and by imprisonment from 3 to 10 years.

It doesn't need any precedent. It has ALWAYS been against federal law to destroy or damage property of the US Government. This statute just makes it specific as to what exactly items or facilities are covered.

As laws go this one is pretty straightforward, understandable, and without much legal mumbo-jumbo. ANYONE should be able to understand what it means.

Under conventional check processing procedures, you won't generally be held responsible for payments you didn't authorize. The applicable law is a state law called the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC).

In general, a patent can be maintained for 20 years from the date of its first priority filing. In some pharmaceutical cases delayed by the FDA, the date can be extended somewhat.

However, a patent filed in the USA prior to June 1995 may lapse 17 years after date of ISSUE (not filing) or 20 years after date of filing, whichever is later.

Patents may also lapse because of non-payment of required maintenance fees, which vary by country.

Furthermore, a patent may be ruled completely or partially invalid for any number of reasons, making its protection questionable from that date on.

Finally, if a patent is never issued (for one reason or another) or is never filed, or is filed improperly, then it does not protect the invention at all.

On a related note: plant patents and design patents (and the like) are generally limited to much shorter periods of protection.

The Tripartite Pact was signed on September 27, 1940. The people who signed it were Galeazzo Ciano, Saburo Kurusu, and Adolf Hitler. The pact was an agreement establishing the Axis Powers that fought against the Allied Powers during World War II.

If a felon violated probation he'd probably go back "inside" and wouldn't be eligible for SSI under those circumstances.

Yes. Voting (or not) in primaries has nothing to do with your ability to vote in the general election.

There are a number of potential monetary benefits that someone 52 may be eligible to collect under SSA either under their own earnings record or that of another significant party (parent, step parent, spouse, divorced spouse, deceased spouse). * A disabled person on his/her own earnings record (social security disability benefits) * A disabled widow(er) between the ages of 50 - 60 (at age 60 he/she could be potentially entitled as a widow(er)) on the deceased person's earnings record (disabled widow(er) benefits) * A disabled child (an adult child who was found to be disabled prior to age 22 and eligible on a parent's earnings record (Adult disabled child benefits) * A mother in care of a child entitled on the earnings record of the other spouse (the child would need to be under age 16 or disabled and need the care of the party applying for daily care) (Child in care benefits). Additional requirements and factors of entitlement should be directed to a SSA representative for a more detailed account of what your particular case involves. Earnings limits apply in all these cases - some would fall under the annual earnings test and the cases where a disability is the factor of entitlement substantial gainful activity applies. Those amounts are set annually. However, if you are referring to SSA retirement benefits - the earliest age to collect retirement benefits is 62. The earliest to collect widow(er) benefits - no disability alleged, minor and/or children in care - is age 60. Again, earnings limits apply. ** note this is not an all inclusive response - please check with SSA for additional factors of entitlement and how they may apply to you!
This is possible only if you become disabled; you cannot collect retirement income until age 62 or older.

As with all states they have their individual state law. Which they follow unless a federal law trumps it in which they always do.

For example, in California, it is legal to use medical weed. Operate a medical weed dispensory and grow weed for a medical weed dispensory with proper medical care giver issued card or state papers saying so...but weed is illegal in federally and thus the state wont worry you but the feds will...and now they have ordered all diapwnaories to close very soon....fed always trumps state. Unless ofcourse the state fights it.

That would be making a law retroactive to a date before the passing of the law. The US Constitution forbids doing it. That would be known as an Ex Post Facto Law and is unconstitutional.

If you are talking about US soldiers, the following federal laws affect them daily:

Federal Facilities Compliance Act (FFCA)

Endangered Species Act (ESA)

National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)

Clean Air Act (CAA)

Clean Water Act (CWA)

What's it say on the piece of paper???? See an attorney if you need help on this. It's easy to do it wrong.
A half-brother, or a half-sister, is a sibling who shares the same mother but is born of a different father.

Depends on how oppressive your government is. Where I live, there is no such charge; the common people run the government, are presumed to be responsible, and and the citizenry is encouraged to posses firearms.

A. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976

I don't believe there is a limit to the number of terms an individual can serve as vice president.