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There are several I can think of off hand. 1) Political debate can be thwarted by legal charges. Imagine if some of the politicians who supported Rosa Parks we

There are several I can think of off hand. 1) Political debate can be thwarted by legal charges. Imagine if some of the politicians who supported Rosa Parks were indicted as co-conspirators in bus rule evasion. It's kind of a silly idea, but only because of tradition. The reality is that many people pushing for political change are asking for legal relief from laws. In other words, they want to do what's forbidden. That sounds like they want to break the laws. 2) It discourages people from leaving office because they're afraid they'll be jailed once they leave.

watwut 6y ago
> Imagine if some of the politicians who supported Rosa Parks were indicted as co-conspirators in bus rule evasion. It so happens that not using buses was legal. In fact, even Rosa Parks was technically in the legal right to stay sit there - not that anyone cared (including her). But, back then, being arrested or beaten was pretty normal for blacks when sitting in wrong place or refusing to stand. Black political players included - like Rosa Parks herself.