October 22, 2003

Disregarding Bad Laws

Glenn Reynolds argues that there are too many laws on the books:

There are too many laws � many of them contradictory or obscure � for any person to actually avoid breaking the law completely.
and that breaking some of them may not be a bad thing:
And given that many laws are dumb, actually following all of them would probably bring society to a standstill,
....
Sometimes � not often, but sometimes � the best way to get a law changed is for people to ignore it. As, I suspect, they ignored the one about oral sex in Georgia.. . .
Which leads me to wonder 1) why there are not madatory sunset laws at all legislative and regulatory levels and 2) when we are going to start electing folks based on the laws they will eliminate instead of the special interests that they will bolster.

Via Talkleft.

Posted by Steve on October 22, 2003
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Now, that's what I call a good idea...

Posted by zombyboy at October 22, 2003 8:15 PM
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