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Re:Whistleblower uncovers London police hacking of journalis... by anqh4 on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @06:50AM (#14146827)
Are laws set in stone for eternity? No.

Must acts that are committed now be judged by the laws that exist now? Yes.

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Re:Whistleblower uncovers London police hacking of journalis... by sambe on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @07:02AM (#14146885)
How do laws change? Are the changes ever retroactive? Do laws ever exist on the books longer than they are enforced or considered moral? Seems like everything is black and white for you, but reality rather disagrees.

Anyway, there already are whistleblower protection laws in many places.

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Re:Whistleblower uncovers London police hacking of journalis... by zero_intp on Saturday April 22, 2017 @10:24AM (#14172649)
I hold this comment to be untrue. It is clear in common-law that our peers may find a law to be untenable.
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