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minus-squarekevindqc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoWhy have a law on the books that does absolutely nothing…
minus-squareralphio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agohttps://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/logan-act-michael-flynn-trump-russia/516774/ From this interview in the Atlantic, looks like the guy being interviewed thinks it’s probably not constitutional as written. Basically it could run afoul the first amendment and they’d have to write a more specific law to enforce it.
minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·5 months agoBecause you don’t update the entire law system every year. Some laws were forgotten and no longer in use and that’s normal.
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Why have a law on the books that does absolutely nothing…
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/02/logan-act-michael-flynn-trump-russia/516774/
From this interview in the Atlantic, looks like the guy being interviewed thinks it’s probably not constitutional as written. Basically it could run afoul the first amendment and they’d have to write a more specific law to enforce it.
Because you don’t update the entire law system every year. Some laws were forgotten and no longer in use and that’s normal.
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