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Sorry, but that's insane. You can't legitmizime criminalizing and imprisoning someone for the the crime of not having a time machine. You can legitimize the gov

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• mindslight 2y ago
  You do not need a time machine to look at the law as it stands, judge that the legality of an action is unclear, and then prudently choose to not do it. As I said, this is the dynamic everyone who is not a government employee has to deal with, and it encourages a dynamic of staying well away from the edge of the law.
  • RIMR 2y ago
    The legality of the action was not unclear. They 100% had the legal authority to search people, or arrest them if they refuse. These people didn't swear an oath to the constitution, the people who wrote the unconstitutional laws they are enforcing did.
    • mindslight 2y ago
      Err, what? The constitution is itself part of the law. If a legislative law is ruled unconstitutional, then that legislative law is invalid, and always was. Ergo there was no authority to perform the searches they did. You seem to be implying a different model under which unconstitutional legislative laws would remain in effect, but the people who passed them would be personally responsible for having gone against the constitution.
• account42 2y ago
  The point is to make government agents afraid from testing the borders of the law. Regular citizens don't get any breaks either if their scheme was later ruled unlawful by a court.