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I've noticed a few users who submit a fair amount of well-received questions, which attract a fair amount of answers, but rarely -- or even never -- accept any answers, no matter how thoroughly resear …

Given the community's concern about dispensing legal advice, I wanted to flag the arrival of "Lawyer," a new user whose answers suggest he is not a lawyer of any kind. It may be problematic to have a …

This is a good place to ask those kinds of questions.

Yes, this is quite obviously on topic. The development and history of the law is perfectly on topic here, even if it is also on topic elsewhere. Similarly a question on topic at Stack Overflow might s …

Yes. It is of course possible to answer such a question with pure opinion -- and indeed, many users do just that. But claims like the ones you asked about are analyzed using predictable, objective cri …

It seems that editors and moderators have grown increasingly aggressive in the last year or two with the votes to close questions because they "clearly ask for specific legal advice." I have seen, for …

We have a long-standing consensus that questions like this should be edited into generic inquiries rather than closed. I'd propose first of all that editors stick with that approach. There will of cou …

Could DaleM please help us understand what was "rude or abusive" about a question asking whether Kamala Harris had concealed evidence of a defendant's innocence? The question had been closed with a re …

Although I get the impression that the technical barriers may be insurmountable, I would strongly support this change. A question may be interesting enough that I'll solicit the OP for a jurisdiction …

I could be on my own here, but there seem to be quite a few people in agreement that conferring moderator privileges on DaleM was a mistake. He is rather aggressive -- too aggressive, I'd argue -- in …

https://law.stackexchange.com/a/63647/12871 It seems that advising someone to get a lawyer is the correct course when a user asks for specific advice on how to handle their taxes.

It appears our friendly neighborhood constiptionologist is repeatedly creating dummy accounts to perpetuate his trolling activity. The questions are pretty quickly being downvoted and closed, but this …

The new comment-removal fetish is pointless and should be reversed. Although there are plenty of exceptions, there is an abundance of comments that add useful information to the answer and further th …

This is an interesting decision, and I wish we had more information about who reached it and how. As we move toward a permanent policy, I hope we'll be focused on broadly applicable principles. Do we …