Mastodawn

Common-Law Separation in Ontario

So you've lived together for 3+ years and now it's over? Welcome to the legal twilight zone where your relationship status is "it's complicated" and so are your property rights! The law doesn't care about who bought the couch—only who can prove they paid for it. #CommonLaw relationships aren't marriages in disguise.

Navigate this peculiar legal labyrinth: https://to.dtsw.ca/OntarioCommonLawSplit

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Big Blu Gnu Feb 1

I have had this nagging question about why federal impeachment cases in the US are tried by the Senate, rather than the Supreme Court. I am reading pages 15 to 25 of this article from 1970, which not only clarify the rationale for the current process of impeachment, but may also explain why securing a conviction is so rare.

https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol39/iss1/1/

#1787ConstitutionalConvention #checksAndBalances #commonLaw #impeachment #legalHistory #Philadelphia #SCOTUS #USConstitution #USSenate

Impeaching Federal Judges: A Study of the Constitutional Provisions

By John D. Feerick, Published on 01/01/70

FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History

Techdirt Jan 15

Justice Gorsuch Reminds: The Fourth Amendment Isn’t Dead Yet

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/15/justice-gorsuch-reminds-the-fourth-amendment-isnt-dead-yet/

Justice Gorsuch Reminds: The Fourth Amendment Isn’t Dead Yet

The Supreme Court released a few decisions this week. All of them are important for the parties involved, and ultimately for everyone, but not to the immediate degree that some of the other pending…

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Divorce the Smartway Dec 18

Common-Law Separation in Ontario

Navigating #CommonLaw separation requires understanding your rights to property division and potential spousal support. Unlike married couples, common-law partners must prove contribution to shared assets.

After living together for 3+ years (or 1+ with a child), you gain certain legal protections.

Get informed: https://to.dtsw.ca/OntarioCommonLawSplit

Big Blu Gnu Dec 13

Here's a valid addition to the +190,000-page US Code of Federal Regulations: a requirement for regulators to only enforce laws and amendments passed by Congress and in ways that minimally impinge on our natural rights. Regulate regulation. Until then, feel free to take the rules to court if and whenever they tread on *your* rights.

#ChecksAndBalances #CommonLaw #NaturalLaw #overregulation #regulation #SeparationOfPowers

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einfachnurRoland Dec 12

@erik
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In den #USA haben #Calvinismus und #Sozialdarwinismus Tradition. Durch die Machtposition von Richtern, durch die Übernahme des Britischen Rechtskreises mit seinem #CommonLaw und ihren #WinnerTakesItAll Regeln im Wahlrecht, (#ElectoralCollege), wird deutlich, dass das amerikanische Demokratieverständnis aristokratisch orientiert ist. Das ist nicht neu. Das war so, als die Indianer weichen mussten, zur Zeit der Eisenbahn-Tycoone, der Sklaverei - nur nicht z.Z. des kalten Krieges.
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🌊 #woke Nov 11

Ok, I know that in Anglo-Saxon #CommonLaw, cases that are apparently ludicrous can actually generate really interesting debates and legal reflexions on a specific topic. But in this case, it seems that no one is being able to keep a straight face and take this indiction seriously, except for #Trump ans his crownies. Even the #ice officer that was "hit" with the #sandwitch felt it was a huge joke and was probably forced to testify to the contrary by his hierarchy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIvQHkqD79w&t=1121

Sandwich Hero Wins Trial Over Hero Sandwich

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MathiasTCK.bsky.social Oct 23

" Under United States #CommonLaw, #ResIpsaLoquitur has the following requirements: The event does not normally occur unless someone has acted negligently; "