I'd like to know how the law is generally understood and generally enforced in North Carolina.
If the term “a stop lamp” is customarily understood to mean “both tail lights,” then many decades of NC case law would be solidly on the side of the cops.
The term “a stop lamp” is clearly archaic and was probably written in the 1920’s or even earlier.
But, if the law actually means "one tail light" and is regularly enforced that way, then I don't see how the Court can ignore that.
I'm a strict Constitutionalist.
If the laws are not enforced exactly as written, then why bother to have a Constitution or Judges?
A very good question — though some would argue that the law is what the courts decree it is.
Carl Vehse:
The majority of the Supreme Court justices have, over the years, amply demonstrated that, generally, they are traitors to the United States of America.
You, sir, are quite correct.
VerySadAmerican:
Bizarro world. I agree with the wise Latina. The cops, of all people, should know the law.
Agreed; but then the Law Enforcement / Prison / Legal Services industry-complex gets a lot out of Constitutions being ignored and the complicated body of works [often contradictory to the relevant Constitution] called statutes.
I don't think it'll be addressed without somehow breaking the power/influence of the aforementioned complex.
I think, on a federal level, some of the following Proposals for Amendments would help.
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