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Re:North Carolina tells retired engineer he can't talk about... by _nalply on Saturday June 19, 2021 @10:05AM (#27560559)
Correct would be lex mala, lex nulla (omit one L).
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Re:North Carolina tells retired engineer he can't talk about... by Aeolun on Saturday June 19, 2021 @06:36PM (#27565144)
This is weird. Even I can see that it seems to say nothing but:

Bad law, no law.

Does latin have an implied ‘better than’ in sequences?

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Re:North Carolina tells retired engineer he can't talk about... by blix on Saturday June 19, 2021 @07:16PM (#27565434)
What's implied here is 'is', i.e. "a bad law is no law."

The phrase seems to be a rehash of a quote from St Augustine: "lex iniusta non est lex" meaning "an injust law is not a law", which is more clear.

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