| Constitutional end runs, ticky-tacky laws selectively enforced. [message #792628] |
Tue, 29 January 2008 20:35 |
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I'm still reading this, but it's going in the right direction:
http://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/2008/vanderbilt.pdf
Nice law paper on what I've been saying for years.
article to indroduce it here:
http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/21/2196.asp
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| Re: Constitutional end runs, ticky-tacky laws selectively enforced. [message #792634 ] |
Tue, 29 January 2008 21:17 |
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In article <z_adnT86GsCaHQLanZ2dnUVZ_tninZ2d [at] comcast.com>, Brent P wrote:
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> I'm still reading this, but it's going in the right direction:
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> http://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/2008/vanderbilt.pdf
The conclusion sums up underposted speed limits (without specifically
mentioning them) well:
"More realisitically, as this Article demonstrates in the context of
traffic laws, specific rules directed at a broad range of conduct,
commonly engaged in by reasonable, law-abiding people, the violation of
which creates little stigma or expectation of enforcement, and which are,
in fact dramatically underenforced, can create an extremely broad degree
of discretion, both as to whome to investigate and whom to ignore. The
predictable result is that enforcement officials will enforce the law in
an unpredictable, arbitrary, and discriminatory manner. On most streets
and highways in America, police authority to stop motorists is
essentially unfettered. "
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