Posted by Citizen Bob on 11/06/06 13:51

On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 09:19:38 GMT, Paul Hyett
<pah@nojunkmailplease.co.uk> 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*.

It was not legitimate unless it had the consent of the governed, which
it obviously did not.

If a law is unenforceable it is not legitimate. Compliance with a law
is based on the consent of the governed.




--

"First and last, it's a question of money. Those men who own the earth
make the laws to protect what they have. They fix up a sort of fence or
pen around what they have, and they fix the law so the fellow on the
outside cannot get in. The laws are really organized for the protection of
the men who rule the world. They were never organized or enforced to do
justice. We have no system for doing justice, not the slightest in the world."
--Clarence Darrow

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