Mr. DeLay, the Texas Republican who had been the House majority leader, crowed that he had been "found innocent." But many of Mr. DeLay’s actions remain legal only because lawmakers have chosen not to criminalize them.I hate to disappoint readers, but every day I, too, act in ways that are lawful only because they haven't yet been criminalized.
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> I hate to disappoint readers, but every day I, too, act in ways that are lawful only because they haven't yet been criminalized.
Give 'em time. They're working on that...
I cite as proof the fact that the term, "Don't make a federal case out of it" has lost all meaning. It is virtually unusual for any crime to NOT invoke federal law any more.
Then there's the now 25-year old Sprecht's Observation:
Under any conditions, anywhere, whatever you are doing,
there is some ordinance under which you can be booked.
- Robert D. Sprecht, RAND CORP. -
We need to outlaw congress.
They clearly have too much power.
That is all.
Carl - unfortunately, the Congressional bill to make it a crime for The Blogger Behind NOFP was ruled unconstitutional due to some silly "Bill of Attainder Clause".
But a few more "correct" judges who believe in the "active freedom" and that problem too will be solved.
Great catch. This gets funnier every time I read it.
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