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But who decides if an action is unlawful? Oh, that's right... the courts.

• bequanna 12y ago
  What? I think you're confused. It isn't the purpose of the US Judicial system to look at an action and say 'We don't like that asshole, so we're going to just say what he did was illegal and punish him'. You need to cite a specific infraction, charge them with it, and then prove that person/firm committed that crime. It sounds like you would rather start with an action that upsets you, make it illegal and retroactively punish people. This is pretty much the opposite of how our system is supposed to work.
• forgottenpass 12y ago
  * But who decides if an action is unlawful? Oh, that's right... the courts.* Your comment can be massaged into something reasonable with a bit of after the fact recasting, but in the context of the parent post that's possibly the most misleading way to characterize trials and judicial review that I've ever seen.