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To: Diamond
"Tell me, if you can; what is the purpose of law in the first place? Tell me: in your view, can there be any such thing as an unjust law, or any case where the law is applied unjustly?"

This is your quote! You did not specify Roe!

137 posted on 01/23/2004 9:22:58 AM PST by verity
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To: verity
This is your quote! You did not specify Roe!

True enough. But your only response to my questions about the purpose of law, and whether or not you think there can be any such thing as an unjust law was to have me as a putative law-breaker discussing moral and legal philosphy with my fellow inmates. Since we were discussing the evil and unjust ROE decision, and since I had no idea what other law you thought I could disobey to end up in prison discussing moral and legal philosophy with my fellow inmates, I naturally wanted to know how I could disobey that decision and thus end up in that prison.

Incidentally, one of the major reasons we do have juries is to guard against the unjust prosecution of laws, as well as the prosecution of unjust laws.

Cordially,

142 posted on 01/23/2004 9:53:49 AM PST by Diamond
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