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> if breaking the spirit of the law is fine, shouldn't breaking the letter of the law be fine as well? There's no law against breaking the spirit of the law. B
by buran77 6y ago
> if breaking the spirit of the law is fine, shouldn't breaking the letter of the law be fine as well?
There's no law against breaking the spirit of the law. Breaking the spirit of the law will only get you tried in the court of public opinion. Breaking the letter will also go to a court of justice.
- throwaway0a5e 6y agoOne should read up on the judiciary system in their specific state before they start breaking the spirit of the law. In some states the judges are quasi-politicians with an implied mandate to rule how they think the people want them to rule. In others the judiciary is a system for evaluating the law and they see they consider it their mandate to enforce the law exactly as written, especially when it gives the legislature and the public the middle finger because that's the incentive for those groups to write and demand good law.