Posted by PTravel on 11/05/06 18:13

"Paul Hyett" <pah@nojunkmailplease.co.uk> wrote in message
news:u4gdK1IvSZTFFwhm@blueyonder.co.uk...
> In rec.video.dvd.tech on Sat, 4 Nov 2006, PTravel wrote :
>>
>>"Paul Hyett" <pah@nojunkmailplease.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:Q1ECJ8K+OETFFw32@blueyonder.co.uk...
>>> In rec.video.dvd.tech on Fri, 3 Nov 2006, PTravel wrote :
>>>>
>>>>I agree that Congress taking bribes to pass laws (and that is exactly
>>>>what
>>>>lobbyists do) is a serious problem, probably one of the most serious
>>>>problems facing this country. However, as long as the laws it passes
>>>>comply
>>>>with Constitutional, they are legitimate and enforceable.
>>>
>>> Like the 18th Amendment was?
>>
>>That's right. It was the law until it the Constitution was amended again
>>to
>>change it.
>
> It was legitimate, but *unenforceable*.

Tell that to all the people arrested, tried and imprisoned for violating it.

The fact that a law may be widely ignored does not render it "unenforceable"
or "illegitimate."


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> Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

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