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de jure illegal but unenforced is de facto legal. de jure legal but enforced is de facto illegal.
by mothballed 10mo ago
de jure illegal but unenforced is de facto legal.
de jure legal but enforced is de facto illegal.
- croon 10mo agoWhich is why de facto legality is very low value discussion fodder in an environment of rampant unenforcement of laws.
- mothballed 10mo agoQuite the contrary, in such an environment it is even more important to figure out what is de facto legal because you cannot count on reading the law to determine such.
- croon 10mo agoIn such an environment "what" is irrelevant, it's merely about "who".
- mindslight 10mo agoAs someone who often makes a distinction between de jure and de facto, "de facto legal" is an oxymoron. Per Gödel, that lets you prove anything.