throwawayatty

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by throwawayatty 7y ago
Indeed, it is unlawful to walk on a controlled-access highway, as was the case here (Interstate 88).
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by throwawayatty 7y ago
> Most states do have no trespassing signs on the rights of ways though. No, no they don't. Private property does; and controlled-access highways do; but definitely not ordinary public highways.
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by throwawayatty 7y ago
The "due process" is you suing the Government if you think your Constitutional rights have been violated. See 42 U.S.C. Section 1983. Consider attending law school; it's very eye-opening.
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by throwawayatty 7y ago
Not every state border crossing is an Interstate highway having controlled access. In fact, most are not (US highways, county roads, etc.).
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by throwawayatty 7y ago
There's a pretty wide gap between what you think is Constitutional and what U.S. courts think. Virginia law notwithstanding, elsewhere in the U.S., driving is not a right and never has been. Per U.S. Supreme Court law, freedom to trav
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by throwawayatty 7y ago
Attempted burglary is a crime.
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by throwawayatty 7y ago
Attempted burglary is a criminal act.
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by throwawayatty 7y ago
This is out of an abundance of caution, not necessarily because the law requires it. This explains it: https://www.quora.com/Does-the-Cops-TV-show-need-to-get-sign... I'm sure the attorneys at Ring have already been t
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by throwawayatty 7y ago
This is out of an abundance of caution, not necessarily because the law requires it. This explains it: https://www.quora.com/Does-the-Cops-TV-show-need-to-get-sign...
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by throwawayatty 7y ago
If others similarly situated could prevail on similar theories, TV shows like "COPS" and the like wouldn't be possible. The fact that they've been successfully running for over 20 years suggests that this is not the cas
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by throwawayatty 7y ago
What's the practical difference between a TV show like "COPS" (or any of its various descendants), which features police recordings of its interactions in public with possibly-innocent suspects, and what's happening here
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by throwawayatty 7y ago
(Attorney here, but this is not legal advice.) It would be a very unusual circumstance for a person caught on camera performing a criminal act to incriminate him/herself by admitting guilt for the purpose of prevailing on a right-to-pu
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by throwawayatty 7y ago
As an attorney (this is not legal advice), I would like to know what law might be violated by publishing these videos. They're owned by the person who recorded the video; and presumably they gave Ring a license to use them for such pur