To: Qwerty
You seem to be confused between what is good legislation and what is constitutional legislation. Or maybe more precisely between what is bad legislation and what is unconstitutional legislation.
It is quite legal, constitutional and even ordinary that legislatures enact unenforcable, stupid, shortsighted and petty laws. They do it all the time.
The remedy for such things is not the courthouse, it is the ballot box. If you don't like a law, get it repealed. Elect better legislators. Run for office yourself.
If a law is genuinely unconstitutional, OK, go to court, but you had better have a more persuasive argument than "the law is stupid/unenforcable/offensive". In fact your argument had best point out a constitutional violation if you want a law to be declared unconstitutional.
8 posted on
04/24/2003 1:40:34 AM PDT by
John Valentine
(Writing from downtown Seoul, keeping an eye on the hills to the north.)
To: John Valentine
I'm not very familiar with this case, but you'd think it'd be unconstitutional since fellatio is legal for women but illegal for men.
11 posted on
04/24/2003 1:57:52 AM PDT by
Qwerty
To: John Valentine
I'm not very familiar with this case, but you'd think it'd be unconstitutional since fellatio is legal for women but illegal for men.
Where is the equal protection in that?
12 posted on
04/24/2003 1:59:31 AM PDT by
Qwerty
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