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  • I would not, and I’m not sure why. Maybe because I differentiate between living and nonliving things for some reason? I would say the lions’ cage, for example. Actually, unless I was contrasting it, I would say “the lion cage”, regardless of the number of lions it houses, but that might just be a fixed expression in English regarding zoos and such. I would not say dry goods’ pantry or pants’ drawer.







  • The Constitutional protection from double jeopardy does not apply across jurisdictions. You can be tried in state and federal court for the same act, and in military court too, if applicable.

    In practice, this doesn’t usually happen, you get tried and convicted in one or the other for a single crime. However, you may be tried for different crimes committed in the same act, for example by committing a hate crime, you may be charged by the state government for the act, plus a federal civil rights charge.

    And then the court martial will probably say “yeah you’ve already been convicted and you’re going to civilian jail, here’s your dishonorable discharge, get the fuck out”. Unless you did something really messed up and the military wants their pound of flesh too.