[Woahhs]

Not a dimes worth of difference, it's still a law that carries penalties.

I have to respectfully disagree. Similar effects do not prove equal authority. I can spank your kids just as easily as you can; the difference is I have no authority to do so.

[MissAmericanPie]

That is rather the point isn't it. They are spanking your kids without authority and totally outside the limits of their authority.

A federal judge raised taxes, just as they did in the 60's to pay for busing, to fund a project he favors. There is not a dimes worth of difference between "law" and "judicial edict". Both have the same effect.