[PLUG-TALK] Fair Use, etc.
J.A.Henshaw
jhenshaw at dsl-only.net
Wed Mar 27 21:59:44 UTC 2002
Russell Senior wrote:
>>>>>>"Scot" == Craighead, Scot D <craighead.scot at vectorscm.com> writes:
>>>>>>
>
> Jeff> A law is the law, unless a jury nullifys it.
> Jeff> A court's job is to APPLY the law AS WRITTEN-
> Jeff> NOT to INTERPRET the law.
>
> Scot> This is exactly what I was saying as well. Lawyers and
> Scot> activists want the courts to "interpret" the law so that they [...]
>
> You two are terminally confused. Individual laws often conflict.
> Courts are there to figure out which one applies, or if a statute
> passed is illegal because it conflicts with the Constitution. If they
> "get it wrong", the legislature is there to write a new law to try to
> fix it. There is nothing surprising or difficult to understand about
> that.
>
>
Russell, that is the Jury's job.
You are probably confused, thinking that the way the system
is, is the way it was designed to work all along.
It isn't.
--
Democracy is when two wolves and a sheep vote on what they
will have for lunch.
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