There ought to be a law
New laws going into effect Sunday cover some of the nation’s most contentious issues, from immigration to abortion, while others deal with tanning beds, tuition and where you can sell a pet.
In all, nearly 40,000 laws were enacted in 2011, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Some take effect New Year’s Day.
December 30th, 2011 at 11:12 am
I will try to learn all of them in a 2 day CLE.
December 30th, 2011 at 12:01 pm
So, when you reckon we’ll get to that utopian state where we’re given instructions for every waking action via text messages? Get done with one thing, await the next message. Very simple, very easy, no mind required.
December 30th, 2011 at 12:53 pm
I am not an Old Testament scholar (although I read it some), but our legal system of statutes piled on statutes, which are then expanded with regulations and interpreted by courts which interject their own spin on the statutes and regs, is extremely reminiscent of Israel’s myriad of laws which were so complex, numerous and onerous that no one could adhere to them.
Who was it that said “you show me a man and I will show you his crime”?
Or something to that effect.
December 30th, 2011 at 1:11 pm
So when they say, “Ignorance of the Law is no excuse,” who truly is the ignorant ones?
December 30th, 2011 at 1:38 pm
40,000 new laws. Were there no prior laws concerning the actions now covered? Did the public spend 2011 inventing that many new forms of nefariousness? Was the Republic in danger of eminent collapse?
December 30th, 2011 at 3:10 pm
Just add them to approx 4 MILLION laws, rules, regs, statutes, etc already on the books at all levels of Gooberment in the Republic.