Society
Exploring "Why" questions about Society
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Why are some court cases allowed to be filmed, but others aren’t?
In the U.S., it very much depends on the state and the individual judges. Some states have bans on recording with cell phones, some allow them with permission of judges. You would have to look up the
Why are the rules for elections for federal offices allowed to vary between different US states?
The country was formed from 13 States (hence the name of the country), and the Constitution preserves a lot of autonomy on their part. For most purposes, the federal government is very loose. States e
Why do hackers focus on government institutions and companies? If they’re as anarchist as some claim why don’t they do a (modern) project mayhem on financial institutions?
Financial institution have too much to lose to leave their systems insecure. Most 'hackers' are just script kiddies that break into soft targets.
Why is it difficult for someone to produce perfect counterfeit money, as in, make their bills the exact same way so they’re indistinguishable?
The government spends a lot of money making sure that the notes are hard to counterfeit, with special presses, special inks, and special components to the paper. A lot of the reason this works is that
Why is it when the police lose a lawsuit it comes from tax payer money instead of something like the police pension fund?
For the same reason that your employer has to pay you worker's comp if you're injured on the job, even if the injury was your own fault: because you're doing a job that introduces you to risk (be it p
Why is my doctor visit almost double the price when I use my copay and bill it to my insurance?
Insurance companies only pay a fraction of the billed price so it needs to be marked up.
Why is it you can sue drug companies for bad drugs but not the FDA who approved them to be sold on the market? Why are they not able to be punished if they were the ones that allowed it to be relea…
As far as [I am aware of the process](_URL_0_), FDA just reviews the test results and other data supplied by the manufacturer. Test data can be colored to look better than it actually is, or due to li
Why don’t courts (U.S.) add perjury charges to criminals who lie in court and are found guilty on other charges?
except that situation would never happen. the defendant would rarely be put on the stand. if the prosecutor asked the defendant under oath if he did the crime, the defendant's attorney would tell the
Why do U.S. Supreme Court Justices keep such long appointments, often until they die?
They purposely have appointment till death/choosing to step down so that they are less corrupted by politics. They do not have to worry about running for re-election thus needing the approval of the p
Why is non-resident college tuition so much higher than resident college tuition in the US?
You pay taxes in a state and the colleges and residents of that state benefit directly and indirectly from those taxes. Going to school out of state means that you're benefiting from others' tax money