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Author:  DraxelBethlehem [ Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Stupid laws
I will NEVER live in Massachusetts
Author:  admiraltigerclaw [ Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:46 pm ]
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HAH!, like they can ENFORCE that piece of shit.
Author:  DraxelBethlehem [ Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:49 pm ]
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Yeah, but part of it is the principal of the thing
Author:  Ultranos [ Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:26 am ]
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Actually, there are a whole bunch of laws like that. They're holdovers from colonial days, and nobody's really actually struck them from the books.

On the other hand, they're also totally not enforced.
Author:  Anony-mouse [ Tue Aug 14, 2007 1:31 pm ]
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Ultranos wrote:
Actually, there are a whole bunch of laws like that. They're holdovers from colonial days, and nobody's really actually struck them from the books.

On the other hand, they're also totally not enforced.


Actually, they've all been overturned. Federal law trumps state law. Such a law is unconstitutional and one like it was overturned by the federal courts. This means it is void and any enforcement of the law is a federal crime. This doesn't remove it from the books, it just means it is irrelevant. Here in Oklahoma, there are still segregation laws and sodomy laws on the books. They don't mean anything, but removing them would require legislation that takes time away from more pressing matters.
Author:  Ultranos [ Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:38 pm ]
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Anony-mouse wrote:
Actually, they've all been overturned. Federal law trumps state law. Such a law is unconstitutional and one like it was overturned by the federal courts. This means it is void and any enforcement of the law is a federal crime. This doesn't remove it from the books, it just means it is irrelevant. Here in Oklahoma, there are still segregation laws and sodomy laws on the books. They don't mean anything, but removing them would require legislation that takes time away from more pressing matters.


*facepalm* This is why I shouldn't post to forums before I have caffeine.

Yes, they've been overturned. You're completely correct. I really should have caught that. :oops:
Author:  Christopher Fiss [ Wed Aug 15, 2007 10:23 am ]
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More of a historical quirk than an actual worry :P
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